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We´re on the verge of being mugged by our Governments

On behalf of the GoldMoney Foundation, Andy Duncan interviews Michael McKay, founder of Radio Free Market, on the eve of the Austrian Economics Research Conference 2013. Andy and Michael discuss Cyprus and what it may means to individual property rights, … Continue reading

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My letter to the NY Times re: What, Me Worry?

Re: A Bank Levy in Cyprus, and Why Not to Worry Dear Sirs: Is there any coercive and illegal act by a government anywhere that Andrew Ross Sorkin will not either endorse or rationalize away into the corn field?  Apparently … Continue reading

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The Rape of the Cypriots

By Andy Duncan Just where do we begin with the Cyprus story? Obviously, whenever a politician’s lips move they’re usually telling a deliberate lie, except when they tell the truth by accident. But now everyone in Europe, indeed in the … Continue reading

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The global government paper money plot

By Andy Duncan In one of my favorite TV series of recent times, Firefly, a future world is shown to be an amalgam of Anglo-Saxon and Chinese cultures, with the stars of the programme speaking alternately in English and Mandarin. … Continue reading

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A lesson from Cyprus on the danger and fallacy of fractional reserve banking

This Spiegel Online International article contains a hidden lesson in the danger and fallacy of fractional reserve banking, which is completely dependent upon the willingness of the people NOT to demand their money all at the same time. Murray N. … Continue reading

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My letter to the Financial Times, London re: Japan’s foolish mercantilist investment

In your report about Japanese scientists unlocking methane stored in ice, you state that “production costs for methane hydrate-derived gas…is nine times the US LNG benchmark…Japan typically pays about four times the rate…” This is too high a price to … Continue reading

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Dr. Mark Thornton on “Germany Repatriating Its Gold: Why Now? Why is this Important?”

Why is Germany repatriating a large portion of its vast gold reserves held in foreign banks at this time? Might this be the prelude to Germany leaving the Euro and reinstating a Gold Deutschmark? What is Germany’s unique monetary position … Continue reading

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Shock news just in! – Western central bankers have just discovered how to rescue us all

By Andy Duncan, writing for TheEuroVigilante.com Stop all the Bloomberg feeds, cut off all the cell phones, prevent the press from thinking with a juicy story about the failed politician’s marriage. Because the new governor of the Bank of England, … Continue reading

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My letter to the NY Times re: Intent on Destroying the Yen

Re: Nominee for Japan’s Central Bank Vows Aggressive Action Dear Sirs: Japan’s new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, wanted a reckless central banker and he certainly found one in Haruhiko Kuroda.  In a world of inflationists he is the current title … Continue reading

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The Tyranny of Stupidity

The adverse consequences of fiat money credit expansion keep piling up.  Sometimes it seems that almost everything wrong with society today can be traced back to unsound money.  I know that I may sound like the heroine’s father in the … Continue reading

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