Last Updated: Mar 25th, 2013 - 16:46:15 Newsletters : 2011 Newsletters : 9 December 2011 Thought for the Day The world of economics and money seems to be fully concentrated on Europe and how it is not coping - even as we are assured that everything is under control and that those in charge are steadily working to resolve the issues before them. This week's stories are a small selection of what has been written and hopefully will amuse as well as enlighten. Time enough next year to digest it all and see how we are going to cope in a world in debt. There is only one answer and that is to get out of debt. Dec 9, 2011, 16:02 Newsletters : 2011 Newsletters : 9 December 2011 We’ve been down this path before More and more mainstream news reporters are beginning to understand how REAL Economics works and what happens with paper currencies. It will probably be a long hard battle but the end result is certain. That is why the Chinese sign for paper money reads "Fly Away" money. [ Visit Website ] Dec 9, 2011, 14:09 Newsletters : 2011 Newsletters : 9 December 2011 Explaining Central Banks' Gold Purchases An interesting perspective of Central Banking by David Howden. David Howden is chair of the department of business and social sciences, and associate professor of economics at St. Louis University, at its Madrid Campus, and winner of the Mises Institute's Douglas E. French Prize. [ Visit Website ] Dec 7, 2011, 11:00 Newsletters : 2011 Newsletters : 9 December 2011 Nouriel Roubini's Terrible Lapse In Standards - Forbes Forbes magazine appears to be coming out in support of a sensible discussion about the use of gold instead of paper as money. "Price stability, not deflation, was the hallmark of a dollar convertible to gold both in the 1800s and the pre-1971 20th century … The US price level (CPI) was the same in 1914 as it was in 1834. The absence of inflation for almost a century did not come at the expense of economic growth. On the contrary! US real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew approximately 4% per year for that entire interval, the greatest period of growth in US history. Even during the period 1914 to 1971, as the gold standard was progressively diluted by the gold exchange standard, the residual link between the dollar and gold restrained the CPI, and promoted robust economic growth. After Nixon suspended convertibility of the dollar to gold in 1971, the CPI began its steep, modern-day ascent and the US economy, while continuing to grow, never regained the growth level and price stability seen from 1834 to 1971." Time for us to think about this too! [ Visit Website ] Dec 6, 2011, 13:01 Newsletters : 2011 Newsletters : 9 December 2011 Nigel Farage - Major Banks Teetering on the Edge of Collapse Once more Nigel Farage tells it like it really is. This is a realistic political perspective on Europe. [ Visit Website ] Dec 6, 2011, 12:49 Newsletters : 2011 Newsletters : 9 December 2011 'Central Banks' Coordinated Move Has Solved Nothing' Newspaper reports from Germany. Some newspapers know what is happening and some do not. The question is, "Do we." [ Visit Website ] Dec 6, 2011, 12:26 Newsletters : 2011 Newsletters : 9 December 2011 How Does Europe Borrow Dollars From the Fed? The mainstream press which has ignored this topic of money printing is now explaining in detail the latest Fed version of printing money. If you think about this process and how it is happening and the escalation in amounts of phantom money that are conjured up and understand that all taxpayers are slowly being encumbered with this debt you can see how the world financial system is entering a final stage. The debts are becoming impossible for the taxpayers to repay and I can't see future generations just meekly enslaving themselves to their ancestors stupidity. Just wait till the IMF enters the fray. We really do need to do some serious thinking about how we can start using REAL Money in New Zealand. [ Visit Website ] Dec 6, 2011, 11:56 Newsletters : 2011 Newsletters : 9 December 2011 Ann Barnhardt: The Entire Futures/Options Market Has Been Destroyed by the MF Global Collapse This is one feisty lady. She definitely knows her own mind and tells us good and plain what is going wrong in America. You should enjoy this. [ Visit Website ] Dec 6, 2011, 11:45 Newsletters : 2011 Newsletters : 9 December 2011 This is a Case of Systemic Solvency & Control The big paper money boys are now controlling the main part of the Western World. We have all become just another debtor. [ Visit Website ] Dec 6, 2011, 11:40 Newsletters : 2011 Newsletters : 9 December 2011 The transatlantic panic As the world's Central Banks print more money so REAL Assets increase in price. Governments seem to be incapable of reigning in their profligate habits. We continue down the slippery slope. [ Visit Website ] Dec 5, 2011, 12:10 Newsletters : 2011 Newsletters : 9 December 2011 Quote for the Week Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank and he can rob the world. Author unknown Dec 4, 2011, 13:51