Commentaries

The Fallacy of “Public” Education

The great Murray Rothbard made a characteristically important point about education...that poor children might not be able to attend private schools that require admission fees.

November CPI Data Was Basically Just Made Up

By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals

You should always take government data with a grain of salt, but this CPI report needs an entire shaker.

Gold Standard Explained: 7 Fiat Myths Debunked

By MoneyMetals

Across the conversation, Maharrey and Earle tackle seven persistent myths people repeat about fiat money and the gold standard.

Is the Gold Market a Bubble? Or Is Something Else Going On?

By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals

Gold is up over 109 percent since the beginning of 2024. Some analysts say that the yellow metal is in a bubble destined to pop.

Grand Supercycle Will End with Trump

By Rick Ackerman, Rick's Picks

Trump’s affordability promise is doomed to failure, and every American senses this.

An Exercise in Restraint

By David Russell, GoldCore

Silver’s part in the story deserves its own attention, partly because it has moved in a way that is harder to dismiss, and partly because it reveals the oddness of the modern world. Silver has always been awkward precisely because it sits between monetary instinct and industrial reality.

THE DEEPER DIVE: How Deeply Corrupt and Chilling Was the Government's Inflation Report?

By David Haggith, The Daily Doom

In economic terms, the reality of what happened in this report was a cold wind through the cracks of our teetering house, bracing us to face the outside truth because when insiders in governments set forward policies based on their own current lies, even the bananas wind up frozen in the end.

Powering the AI

By John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline

Energy can be either an enabler or a constraint. The latter happens when our creativity gets out of sync with the energy we can apply to it. This is happening right now and will get worse as artificial intelligence data centers demand more power than we have available. This is a multifaceted story..

2025’s Defining Events and What Comes Next

By Doug Casey, Casey Research

We’re in a state of political chaos. Financially, the destruction of the currency can only accelerate when Trump gets his new Fed chairman.

The Re-Monetisation of Silver Has Begun

By David Russell, GoldCore

In our latest interview, the "Silver Guru" David Morgan joins me to discuss what has changed and why silver's performance in 2025 cannot be understood simply as speculation.

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