We’ve just lived through a truly historic year in the precious metals markets, as we finally saw the (first?) short squeeze in the silver market, while the gold price continued to soar.
Congress is so addicted to military spending that it appropriated even more money than President Trump requested, including an unconscionable $800 million for thoroughly corrupt Ukraine.
The government inflation report covered over this enormous inflation with all of its blanked-out data spaces, creating a fake overall headline inflation rate that dropped a minor nudge.
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.