by Ralph Benko | Feb 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
Secretary Clinton courtesy of Wikipedia Originally posted on Tuesday, February 25th, 2014 Hillary Clinton is a Democratic Party titan, co-chair of a powerhouse philanthropy, former Secretary of State and United States Senator, and former FLOTUS (First Lady of the...
by Ralph Benko | Feb 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
Gold Dinar with image of standing Caliph, ca. 695 AD Courtesy of the British Museum Originally posted on Thursday, February 20th, 2014 Currency War? Financier and author James G. Rickards wrote a 2012 best selling book, Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global...
by Ralph Benko | Feb 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 Two eminent monetary scholars, Michael V. White and Kurt Schuler — as noted in an earlier posting — published in a 2009 issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives as Retrospectives: Who Said “Debauch the...
by Ralph Benko | Feb 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Panic on Wall Street, image courtesy of Wikipedia Originally posted on Thursday, February 13th, 2014 The Panic of 1907 was described, in part, by the Wikipedia this way: The panic of 1907 occurred during a lengthy economic contraction—measured by the National...
by Ralph Benko | Feb 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
1912 Olympic Gold Medal courtesy of AmericanHeritage1.com Originally posted on Tuesday, February 11th, 2014 Olympic gold medals are silver with just a patina of gold. The last solid gold gold medal was awarded in 1912. As the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette notes in a story...
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