Gold Standard

The Trump phenomenon, Brexit, and the ongoing wars against sound money illustrate the growing divide between the voters and the elites.

Jeff Deist and Jim Rickards discuss gold in the context of current geopolitics and enduring myths about monetary growth.

In spite of Ben Bernanke's assurances to the contrary, it is clear that China still sees gold as money.

Recessions are good for an economy because they involve a resolution process, but a big recession for this boom town could be great for the world economy.

New technologies, such as the blockchain technology behind digital currencies like bitcoin, may in the future facilitate the convenient use of precious metals as money once again, writes Thorsten Polleit.

New technologies, such as the blockchain technology behind digital currencies like bitcoin, may in the future facilitate the convenient use of precious metals as money once again.

In this audio book, Rothbard shows precisely how banks create money out of thin air and how the central bank, backed by government power, allows them to get away with it.

The 'good' news this holiday season comes from the IMF, as the Fund decided yesterday to include the yuan in the basket of currencies which underpins its Special Drawing Rights (SDR).

The "junk silver" (90% US silver coins) seems to have disappeared. After checking several websites that deal in such coins almost all catagories have no inventory to sell. You can still buy bright and shiny versions of the coins at around a 20% premium over the silver value.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 24 July 2015.