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November 1, 2024Interviews

Schiff on CapitalCosm: The West Needs to Wake Up

On Thursday, Peter joined Danny at CapitalCosm for an interview. They explore several timely financial topics, including the unprecedented highs in gold prices and the corresponding drops in fiat currencies. Peter critiques the Federal Reserve’s policies and how they fostered America’s dependency on debt and fiat money. They also discuss BRICS countries’ move away from […]

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October 31, 2024Original Analysis

The White House is Haunted by the Ghosts of Bankers

The halls of power are spooky indeed, for every new president enters a White House occupied for over a century by the ghoulish apparitions of the Federal Reserve. This unnerving reality is manifested in every administration, as bankers both past and present manipulate reality with the spells of interest rates, sprinkling the same old hemlock […]

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October 22, 2024Guest Commentaries

Why Central Banks Won’t Truly Fight Inflation

2024 has shown that the Federal Reserve is perfectly comfortable with inflation sitting above its 2% target. This fact serves as a reminder that the political purpose of central banks is to create inflation, which benefits large government programs and socialist policy. The following article was originally published by the Mises Institute. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those […]

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September 18, 2024Interviews

Schiff on Impact Theory: Inflation is an Intentional Tax

Last week Peter appeared on Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu to discuss inflation, Federal Reserve policy, wealth taxes, and a whole host of other economic subjects. This is the latest in a string of recent interviews Peter has appeared in. If you missed them, check out his appearance on Bankless and a David Lin debate […]

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September 10, 2024Interviews

Schiff on Kitco News: Currency Crisis on the Horizon

Last week Peter appeared on Kitco News to chat with Michelle Makori about the Fed, the debt crisis, and the future of the country. Peter issues predictions about de-dollarization and an eventual return to the gold standard. In the context of a recent large downward revision to job statistics, Peter explains why all jobs aren’t […]

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March 7, 2024Original Analysis

What Dollarization Says About Returning to the Gold Standard

Everyone’s heard of Javier Milei, the new president of Argentina, called by Fox News the world’s first libertarian president. He has been in the news for his denunciation of leftism, Marxism, and the sprawling bureaucracy that has trapped Argentina in debt. He’s also taken aim at run-away inflation in Argentina. Inflation in the last year was […]

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February 14, 2024Original Analysis

The Politicos Trading Gold Stocks

When members of Congress aren’t passing laws, holding committee meetings, or more cynically fundraising endless dollars, some of them choose to pass the time by trading stocks. And for whatever reason, keen insight or perhaps insider trading, members of Congress tend to beat the market.

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January 11, 2024Guest Commentaries

How the Secret Service Abandoned the Gold Standard

A US government operation led by the Secret Service from 1865 covertly dismantled the gold and silver currency system. This strategic move, propelled by two acts of Congress, was a cunning ploy that centralized economic power. A commentator from the Mises Institute explores the little-known involvement of the Secret Service in this historical development, and […]

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