The list of pundits jostling for air time to add their two cents to discussions of hot-button issues such as immigration is endless. The airwaves and social media are overflowing with people wanting to comment on hot-button social issues, but…
Islamic Gold – Important New Dynamic In Gold Market Next month, 1.6 billion people will likely have a new ‘gold investment standard’ Islamic finance market expected to grow to US$5 trillion by 2020 Islamic asset classes have all under performed compared to…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to withdraw 500 and 1000 rupee notes from circulation has sparked interest in bitcoin among … “The Indian rupee, like all other government currencies, is a fiat currency. It exists through the fiat – order…
With Hillary’s loss, the mainstream media and its distressed and discredited allies are in a panic like we have never seen before. They understand that alternative voices now influence the public as much, if not more so, than the mainstream…
Mao Zedong supposedly said, “There is great disorder under the Heavens and the situation is excellent.” For those seeking to replace the existing social and economic order, chaos is a good first step. Those with a stake in the system…
Mao Zedong supposedly said, “There is great disorder under the Heavens and the situation is excellent.” For those seeking to replace the existing social and economic order, chaos is a good first step. Those with a stake in the system…
Gold mine production is peaking globally and this is “bullish for gold” according to a slowly emerging group in the gold industry. It is great to see the reality of peak gold production slowly be acknowledged in the mainstream as it…
The Gift Card’s Dirty Little Secret Even though gift cards have become the gift of choice for more and more consumers, many cards often go unused or end up in the back of a draw or bottom of a purse with a balance…
We address the policy vacuum of the President-elect by guessing what his policy toward fracking might be. If he wants to ‘save coal’, as he claims, it is fracking (a policy pushed by Hillary Clinton) that hurt coal mining more…
Two names continue to be bandied about regarding Trump’s anticipated Secretary of State choice, neither of which are good. Those names are Rudy Giuliani and John Bolton. Rather than “draining the swamp,” this is more akin to me reliving either my 1990’s NYC childhood, or the…
The Prime Minister of India played a master stroke to flush out the ‘Black Money’ holders and non-taxpayers last week. In a surprise announcement, Narendra Modi revealed that the bigger denomination bills were banned starting from that date. For people…
I have long held that our economy is, stripped of propaganda, nothing but an updated version of feudalism, i.e. neofeudal: a vast class of precarious laborers (i.e. precariats–precarious proletariats) who own little to no wealth-producing capital ruled by a New…
Donald Trump was an outsider who boldly stormed the citadel of Washington DC and won. He has promised real change, but his infrastructure plan appears to be just more of the same – privatizing public assets and delivering unearned profits…
The Money 2020 and CoinAgenda trade shows organized this year at Las Vegas gave attendees an in-depth outlook into the world of cryptocurrencies. The conference which was primarily aimed at bringing traditional investors and experienced cryptocurrency and blockchain professionals together saw…
The Money 2020 and CoinAgenda trade shows organized this year at Las Vegas gave attendees an in-depth outlook into the world of cryptocurrencies. The conference which was primarily aimed at bringing traditional investors and experienced cryptocurrency and blockchain professionals together saw…