Rekindling the candle in the dark
Last updated on May 17th, 2018 but they are the best place to put your money When considering what to do with your money it is important that we all use the same words to mean the same things. You will be surprised how misleading the words use by the stock pundits and media are. Let …
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Last updated on May 10th, 2018 Or Why “we the people” create sound money systems and the government and banks destroy them. Many consider Gold to be a barbarous relic of the past. Others say gold offers a poor investment return. But you know what gold does best? It forces bankers and the government to …
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Last updated on March 25th, 2018 There are many benefits to free and fair trade. But the benefits only occur when the trade is actually free and fair. And even then the benefits can still fail to happen. The United States has not had free or fair trade with the rest of the world for the …
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Last updated on March 10th, 2018 I am going to attempt the impossible and explain tariffs in the most simple terms possible. I am going to assume 4 companies: • US Steel, inc • China Steel, inc • US Cups, inc • Mexico Cups inc. I am also going to assume that everyone always pays the …
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Last updated on March 2nd, 2018 The United States has been on the losing side of trade policies for decades along with self imposed regulatory disadvantages that drive jobs out of the country. The hyperbole you see going on in the press is just mindless rambling. Actual numbers related to actual tariffs is likely the last …
Last updated on May 24th, 2018 Bitcoin is two things: 1) it is a public ledger of messages (blockchain) 2) it is a currency (a unit of exchange) How does the public ledger work? Let us create a simple code where each letter of the alphabet has a number value. For example: A=64, B=65, C=66, D=67, …
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Last updated on February 19th, 2018 The vast majority of the electric power in the world is generated by oil, natural gas, or coal and it is this coal/oil/natural gas generated electricity that powers the vast majority of “electric” cars. These “electric” cars consume far more oil, natural gas, or coal than a gas or diesel …
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Last updated on June 12th, 2018 I became a bitcoin miner in 2012 in order to understand the technology and determine what value it had for the future. While I still have my bitcoins from my early mining days I did not find that the block chain was particularly valuable. Bitcoin has been reported and claimed …
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Last updated on February 20th, 2018 Free markets **are** voluntary exchange. Free markets are the voluntary exchange of good and services between individuals. Some people prefer to see this sentence written as: Free markets are the voluntary exchange of goods and services between individuals on their own terms. Would it not be interesting to exchange your …
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Last updated on May 10th, 2018 The young are increasingly leaning towards collectivism as a solution to their troubles. This is mostly an example of the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence or that which you know is worse than that which you don’t know. You might ask yourself “Have you …
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