The Price of The Dollar in Gold

Originally posted Tuesday, November 06, 2012 Share A key issue in restoring the gold standard is the determination of the new definitional price of the currency in gold.  If the price is set too high it will cause some level of inflationary surge.  If the price is set...

So How do You Purify Gold?

Originally posted Thursday, November 01, 2012 Share So how exactly is gold extracted from gold ore? The Primus Report recently gave an elegant account: So how do you purify the gold? More importantly do you have enough gold to make the process worth while?  Most folks...

The Bank of England, the Dog, and the Frisbee

Originally posted Thursday, October 25, 2012 Share “To ask today’s regulators to save us from tomorrow’s crisis using yesterday’s toolbox is to ask a border collie to catch a frisbee by first applying Newton’s Law of Gravity.”   — Andrew G Hardane...