Contemporary culture grants increasing prestige to the figure of the expert who avoids explicit commitments and presents himself as moderate, technical, and “non-ideological.” This posture is celebrated as a sign of intellectual maturity. In an environment saturated with open conflict, the refusal to choose appears prudent. Moderation becomes a public virtue.
Gold and silver prices are reaching all-time highs. Gold and silver spot prices are roughly US $4,668.14 per ounce and $93.16 per ounce respectively. Do these higher prices mean these precious metals are reasserting their historical monetary role? Are we moving in the direction of a return to the gold standard? In this article I want to discuss whether we can go back to the gold standard, and if we do, then how? Higher gold prices reflect the weakening dollar.
As panic builds within the GOP over the approaching midterm elections, Republicans have renewed a push for one of their most popular policy proposals: voter ID.
In the latest version of the so-called SAVE America Act—formerly just the SAVE Act—Congressional Republicans added a requirement for every voter in federal elections to provide poll workers with a valid government-issued photo ID if they’re voting in person or a copy of a valid photo ID if they’re voting by mail.
This is a review of Ludwig von Mises’s book The Theory of Money and Credit. All investment strategies, principles, and recommendations discussed are those presented in the book and reflect the author’s views, not my personal advice.
Libertarian and pro-freedom movements have always drawn disproportionate support from the extremes of the IQ bell curve. The modern Left—pointing to the intellectual shortcomings of some of liberty’s most colorful supporters on the lower end—clumsily attempts to wield this fact as an argument against the Right. Meanwhile, the enlightened Right scratches its head, puzzled by this strange and exotic coalition rallying behind the cause of freedom.
