Broken Precious Metal Promises
June 13th, 2025 • Despite bogus assertions and grand pronouncements made during previous debt-ceiling dramas in the nation’s capital, the United States has defaulted on its debts and financial commitments. And if history is a teacher, it will again...
Time to Audit the Gold: Why Congress Is Finally Asking Hard Questions
June 12th, 2025 • The initiative, known as the Gold Reserve Transparency Act of 2025 (House Bill 3795), was introduced by Congressman Thomas Massie alongside three co-sponsors.
Ruining the Money
April 23rd, 2025 • By the start of the 20th Century, governments and their diplomats around the world dubbed the (Turkish) Ottoman Empire “the sick man of Europe.”
The Coinage Act of 1792: Then and Now
April 1st, 2025 • Long before fiat currency, digital dollars, or cryptocurrency, America’s Founders sought to anchor the young nation’s economy in gold and silver, i.e. sound money.
The Gold at Fort Knox WAS Stolen from Americans
March 12th, 2025 • When I say “stolen,” I don’t even mean in the sense that “taxation is theft” and that the US bought the gold using tax dollars. In truth, the way the US Treasury acquired much of its gold hoard is even more underhanded than ordinary taxation.
More on the Presumed Theft of Gold that Became the Fort Knox Holdings
March 12th, 2025 • The fallout of FDR’s gold adventures was far worse than reneging on US gold bond redemption...
Why Bitcoin Is NOT Equal to Gold
March 12th, 2025 • Cryptocurrency enthusiasts often refer to Bitcoin as “digital gold” and consider both as equal forms of sound money. In reality, gold and Bitcoin are quite different in asset quality and in terms of their hierarchy as sound money.
Inflation’s Hidden Toll: How Money Printing Strains Families
February 25th, 2025 • Inflation is an “economics” word, but one that has real-life consequences, including its effects on many Americans’ ability to start a family.
Diwali, Lord Rama, and the Return of Gold from Exile
October 31st, 2016 • October 30, 2016 marks an important holiday in the Indian culture. Diwali begins. Diwali is one of the biggest festivals for Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains. It is a lavish celebration of the victory of light over darkness.
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