Blockchain technology – What is it? Latest developments – Royal Mint Gold & CME, Goldman Sachs and Santander Why do we need it? It’s about value Blockchain is an extension of economics Blockchain allows us reduce uncertainty and risk How…
No intelligent government should impair the right of free speech to placate people who falsely claim they are victims when often they are, in fact, aggressors. To the 57 members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, however, all human rights…
No intelligent government should impair the right of free speech to placate people who falsely claim they are victims when often they are, in fact, aggressors. To the 57 members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, however, all human rights…
‘The gamblin’ man is rich and the workin’ man is poor and I aint got no home in this world anymore‘ …. goes Woodie Guthrie’s famous song from the Asch recordings of 1944. Today this song is being sung in…
Fresh news out of India’s crytocurrency scene shows that Unocoin has developed and launched a mobile application for its users. Unocoin is one of the leading Bitcoin exchanges in India – the startup provides … Read More
Do you remember when you were a kid? There was no such thing as extra money…. there was never enough of the stuff! However, as we grow older, we start to realize the real meaning of extra money. This is…
The fact that Steve Mnuchin was a Goldman Sachs partner is the least of my concerns when it comes to the man. Indeed, if someone wanted to create a playing card deck of sleazy Wall Street financial crisis opportunists, it’d be…
Ulster Bank Parent RBS Fails Bank of England Stress Test “Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)(RBS.L) will cut costs and sell assets to boost capital levels, it said on Wednesday after failing this year’s Bank of England stress test, which warned…
Markets are hitting all time highs. Of these markets Walt Whitman might have said, “Trump was elected. I forget the rest.” Such has been the euphoria that all those warnings, those insults and slander have been forgotten. Double Down asks…
We go on the road, in a golf cart, to talk models – macroeconomic models and how changing the model can magically make debt appear more attractive. We look at failed models like health care and the economics of ‘draining…
In March 2014, CEO Patrick Collison announced that Stripe would support bitcoin transactions. Owing to the zero-fee structure of the Bitcoin network, the cryptocurrency immediately became an … Read More
In March 2014, CEO Patrick Collison announced that Stripe would support bitcoin transactions. Owing to the zero-fee structure of the Bitcoin network, the cryptocurrency immediately became an … Read More
One of the most remarkable ironies of The Washington Post’s recent evidence-free fabrication of purported “Russian propaganda” websites (including this site) is how closely it mimics the worst excesses of the USSR’s Stalinist era. Those unfamiliar with the Stalinist era’s…
One of the most remarkable ironies of The Washington Post’s recent evidence-free fabrication of purported “Russian propaganda” websites (including this site) is how closely it mimics the worst excesses of the USSR’s Stalinist era. Those unfamiliar with the Stalinist era’s…
Peak Silver – Supply deficits continue meaning higher prices May have experienced a peak in world silver production Global silver market suffered another large net supply deficit in 2016 Peak silver likely as global silver production will decline to 887…