Japan’s government has fallen — again: Two-Party Japan Democracy Undone in 39 Months as DPJ Crumbles It took 54 years for Japan’s politics to produce
Poverty – or its prospect – sometimes leads one to make surprising choices. Here’s a truly disturbing example, from London’s Independent: Students and the sex
In this week’s interview with gold dealer Tom Cloud of National Numismatic Associates, we cover one very timely topic – the sudden decline in gold
The premise of this series is that once a country’s debt rises to a certain level, the country becomes impossible to govern. Voters accustomed to a
One of the lessons of medieval history (I’m listening to one of those recorded lecture series on the subject this week) is that Europe wasn’t
The Eurozone meltdown has sent capital pouring into (temporarily) safe haven currencies like the US dollar, which rose by nearly 12% between October 2011 and
The idea of a “debt jubilee” — that is, a wide-spread forgiveness of debt as a way to reset the US financial system — has
This week’s interview with gold dealer Tom Cloud of National Numismatic Associates comes as precious metals are correcting and rumors are swirling around Comex silver.
Our transition from more-or-less free country to police state is accelerating. The NSA’s Utah data mining facility, ever-tighter restrictions on offshore accounts, the Internet “kill
Say you’re an up-and-coming superpower wannabe with dreams of dominating your neighbors and intimidating everyone else. Your ambition is understandable; rising nations always join the
In this week’s interview, gold dealer Tom Cloud of National Numismatic Associates explains why different one-ounce gold coins sometimes trade at very different prices, and
For the past couple of years, bullion dealer Tom Cloud has been the precious metals guru on the always-interesting and highly-recommended FTM Daily radio show.
The short version of the Long Wave story is that we’re emotional creatures with limited memories. For as long as there have been markets we’ve
Gold bugs are a generally happy bunch this week. But they’d be a lot happier if precious metals mining stocks kept up with the metals
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