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January 19, 2024Guest Commentaries

How the Government Constructs Positive Economic Data

A startling disconnect as we edge closer to the 2024 general election: On one hand, so-called “experts” parade optimistic economic reports, but for the average American, the story is starkly different. In heated debates, economists squabble over whether the public is hoodwinking pollsters or if mysterious forces are at play. Our guest columnist explains how […]

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December 26, 2023Original Analysis

The Christmas Gift That Keeps on Taking

Two days before Christmas in 1913, Woodrow Wilson gave the United States a Christmas gift that keeps taking. On that day, he signed the Federal Reserve Act into law, creating the US central bank. Since that inauspicious day, the US dollar has lost 96% of its value.

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May 16, 2023Original Analysis

Media Bias Fails Investors and the Public

Was the producer price data that came out late last week really more good news on the inflation front? That’s certainly how the mainstream media spun it. But as was the case with the April CPI data, the mainstream spin didn’t necessarily reflect reality. In fact, there is a pro-government, pro-official narrative bias that pervades […]

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February 21, 2023Guest Commentaries

How Government Spending Messes Up the Economy

Virtually everybody agrees that government spending is necessary to support the economy and society in general. We may debate vigorously about what exactly the government should spend money on, but few people will entertain the thought that maybe the government shouldn’t spend money at all. Most fail to even acknowledge that even the best government […]

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August 24, 2022Key Gold Headlines

Somebody Has to Pay for Student Loan Forgiveness

President Biden is expected to announce student loan forgiveness on Wednesday (Aug. 24). The plan will reportedly cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for anybody making less than $125,000 per year. A lot of people think this is like waving a magic wand — poof — the debt is gone. But somebody has to pay […]

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August 17, 2022Original Analysis

An Inauspicious Anniversary: Nixon Slams Shut the Gold Window

Fifty-one years ago this week, President Richard Nixon slammed shut the “gold window” and eliminated the last vestige of the gold standard. Nixon ordered Treasury Secretary John Connally to uncouple gold from its fixed $35 price and suspended the ability of foreign banks to directly exchange dollars for gold. During a national television address, on […]

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June 29, 2022Guest Commentaries

Big Government Help Isn’t Helping

Ronald Reagan once said the most terrifying nine words in the English language are, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” One of the biggest problems with government help is that it always comes at a cost. And the burden of that cost almost always falls on the very people that big government […]

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