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Whether we like to admit it or not, the entire market for housing in the United States has been corrupted by government involvement. By subsidizing the availability of credit and by granting huge tax incentives to home speculators, the government helped f

A worldwide recession is coming. China, India, Brazil, and third world economies simply cannot pick up the slack for the US, UK, EU, and now New Zealand.

The first thing people usually consider when buying gold is its price, but unfortunately, they are grabbing the wrong end of the stick. Price is of secondary importance. To explain why, one has to examine the reasons for buying and holding gold.

Although regular silver coinage began at the Philadelphia Mint in October 1794, this metal had long played a key role in the American marketplace. As early as 1652 Massachusetts had produced silver coins from its mint in Boston but pressure from the Briti

My question to you is, what happens when Americans flee their currency, as the Vietnamese have? What happens when inflation isn't just an annoyance but becomes lifestyle-altering, as in Vietnam? What happens when the stock market continues to plunge and a

The Latin term “fiat” roughly translates to “there shall be”. When we refer to fiat money, we are referring to money that exists because the government declares it into existence. It is not based on production or earnings, and not backed by any

Communism was a public relations gift to the bankers. By diverting the dialogue to "controlled versus free markets" it obscured the bankers' real intent—to insert debt into every aspect of free markets. The bankers' overwhelming success however would de

Modern economics is not rocket science. In fact, it’s not science at all. It’s a game, a confidence game. Once paper passed for money, economics became an elaborate shell game designed to hide the fact paper had been substituted for silver and gold. D

What you are about to read is the single most important commentary I’ve written since I first began publishing The Grandich Letter in 1984. Every American should read it, and those who do will likely wish they hadn’t.

The government's seizure of IndyMac Bank raises concerns for many consumers about whether their banks might be next. Here are some questions and answers about the government's role when a bank fails and if other banks are at risk:

Measuring intrinsic metal value of coins around the world

Almost 150 years after the first ’49ers swarmed into the mountains of California, a new gold rush is sweeping across the United States. Soaring gold prices, a recession and ingrained American optimism have combined to prompt thousands to head into the h

In many oil producing nations gas is absurdly cheap. In Venezuela it's 12 cents a gallon. In Saudi Arabia it's 45.

As the credit crisis teeters on the verge of full-blown catastrophe, the hunt for the culprit(s) begins. Quickly working his way to the top of the blame table is Alan Greenspan, former Chairman of the Board of Governors at the US Federal Reserve Bank. Dur

Peter Bernstein has witnessed just about every financial crisis of the past century...