Gold on track to beat all-time highs this year – precious metals market veteran
Many fundamental risks to economic growth are likely to remain until at least next year
Author: Kit Daniels
‘Ring of Fire’ solar eclipse due to light up our skies this weekend
This particular event only happens when the Moon is at its farthest point from the Earth in its orbit
Even if COVID-19 Goes Away, the Economy Isn’t Going Back to “Normal”
When the current panic and crisis began, we were already in the late stages of a long asset price bubble. The crisis has exposed the fragility of the current system and we won’t be going back to where we were before
X-rays from a newborn star hint at our sun’s earliest days
This is significant because it may help answer some questions about our sun’s earliest days
Are We on the Cusp of a New Progressive Era?
If current political and economic trends continue, the 2020s will usher in a new period of drastically increased government activity and regulation of the economy
Trump Says Mail-In Ballot Sent to Deceased Son of Family Friend Who Died 7 Years Ago
Says mail-in ballots can fraudulently flip elections
Berlin authorities placed children with pedophiles for 30 years
The ‘Kentler Project’ in West Berlin routinely placed homeless children with pedophile men, assuming they’d make ideal foster parents. A study has found the practice went on for decades
Trump’s police executive order to ban chokeholds, urge safer policing
“There will be no more looting or arson,” Trump said. “Violence and destruction will not be tolerated.”
British researchers say steroid treatment reduces coronavirus death rate by a third
Dexamethasone is “inexpensive, on the shelf, and can be used immediately to save lives worldwide,” says researcher
Why the European Recovery Plan Will Likely Fail
The problem of the European Union has never been a lack of monetary and fiscal stimulus, but rather an excess of these. This has failed to produce real growth, and now we’re getting more of the same, but even bigger.
COVID-19 Lockdowns are Neither Necessary, nor Scientific, nor Helpful
What proponents of lockdowns mean by “follow the science” is that statements made by scientists should be accepted as axioms. An obvious problem exists when scientists make conflicting statements
Why the New Economics Just Boils Down to Printing More Money
The new Keynesian recommendation for monetary policy is to “stabilize the growth of aggregate demand.” In plain language this means that the monetary authorities should never stop flooding the economy with paper money
Research sheds new light on intelligent life existing across the galaxy
The average distance to civilizations estimated to be 17,000 light-years away
Scientists close in on 12-billion-year-old signal from the end of the universe’s ‘dark age’
That signal should harbor information about the dark age and the events that ended it, astronomer says