Any thinking person (a sub-species of Homo sapiens that’s in the decline, but not yet endangered) would agree that the notion that an animal that’s existed in harmony with nature for over two million years could destroy the earth within fourteen years if they’re not exterminated, is truly absurd.
An article by Jeff Thomas, feature writer for Strategic Wealth Preservation, Doug Casey’s International Man and 321gold.com Traditionally, inflation has been defined as “an increase in the amount of currency in circulation.” Such an increase almost always causes an increase in the cost of goods and services, since, more plentiful currency units lowers their rarity,…
In 1260, Kublai Khan created the first unified fiat currency. The jiaochao was made from the inner layer of the bark of the mulberry tree. It’s of interest that the mulberry tree was quite common in Mongolia.
The Roman denarius pictured above features the profile of the emperor Diocletian, circa 301 AD, at the time when he issued the edict listed above.
By Jeff Thomas, featured writer for Strategic Wealth Preservation, Doug Casey’s International Man and 321gold.com Throughout history, there have been periods when people who were otherwise quite settled in their towns and villages pulled up stakes and headed elsewhere. During the decline of Rome, many of those who had been the net producers chose to…
By Jeff Thomas, featured writer for Strategic Wealth Preservation, Doug Casey’s International Man and 321gold.com Since its inception, International Man has offered prognostications about what the future will bring – economically, politically, and socially. The principal writers of the publication have been at this for decades. Each one began by studying world economics and politics…
In every country where a revolution has taken place, those who are part of the winning team make a point of glorifying the revolution and all the “good” that it has brought.
Sure, cities can offer more career opportunities. Still, they are also more expensive, dirtier, have higher levels of crime, are crowded, and have fragile supply lines, and infrastructure that can get easily overwhelmed.
In actual fact, if the reader is the possessor of the equivalent of a Duesenberg, now would be the time to sell it off quickly and lease a temporary car.
When a decisive blow is dealt to the empire, those who had once been loyal allies are now as ready to abandon the empire as rats would abandon a sinking ship.
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