Six-Figure Bitcoin Is No Longer a Delusion
Crypto’s Just a Fad, Right? Two years ago, you’d have been hard-pressed to find many people who thought we’d ever see numbers like we’re seeing right now… Most figured zero was the next stop… But here we are. You might surmise that I’m referring to bitcoin. And you’d be right. Maybe you saw or heard…
The Political “Super Shock” About to Hit America
All Good Things… In America . . . it may be said that the township was organized before the county, the county before the state, the state before the union. – Alexis de Tocqueville The worst part of all good things coming to an end is that you have to learn to begin again. And that…
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Gold Is the New Tech
The Writing on the Wall Is in Permanent Marker… Apparently, someone knows something. Actually, let me rephrase: Apparently, a lot of someones know something. Maybe you saw the news that gold fever has descended upon Costco. Per Bloomberg, 77% of Costco stores across the country have sold out of the one-ounce gold bullion bars that…
“King of the Currencies” No More?
The World Moves Beyond the Dollar… If you don’t fit in, then you’re probably doing the right thing. – Anonymous Clearly, I do not fit in. For more than a decade now, I’ve been telling my readers about the China/Russia tag-team effort to launch a new, global reserve currency backed by hard assets. And for more…
Norway Bets Big on Crypto (And Why You Should Care)
Plus: My Goose-and-Gander Theorem Explained. News out of Norway today, which probably means nothing to nobody. But it should—because a much bigger message hides within. You’ve probably heard of Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund—the world’s largest such fund with assets approaching $1.7 trillion. That’s a lot of dinero, all derived originally from a very forward-thinking federal…
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China’s Ghost Cities—Revisited
Three-Generations Planning in the Far East… Changsha, China Many a moon back—let’s call it 2011—I was in Changsha, China. I was on a research assignment, digging into a big topic of the day in the West: Chinese ghost cities. Newbuild cities all across China had been labeled “ghost cities” by the Western media because so…