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The Devil’s in the Details: It’s Your Dime Interview with Dan Kurz

SchiffGold’s It’s Your Dime features “straight talk” interviews with movers and shakers in the world of precious metals, investing and economics. In this episode, host Mike Maharrey talks with Dan Kruz, the man behind DK Analytics.

Expectations vs. Reality: SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap 04.13.18

The SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap podcast combines a succinct summary of the week’s precious metals news coupled with thoughtful analysis. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

Your Optimism Can’t Trump Economic Reality

You can say, “Everything is great,” all you want. But if it isn’t, it isn’t. Pundits and politicians keep trying to talk up the economy. They might be able to keep optimism running high for a while, but at some point, expectations will run headfirst into economic reality. In his most recent podcast, Peter Schiff […]

Global Debt Growing Three Times Faster than Global Wealth

Global wealth increased to a new record of $280 trillion in 2017, according to Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report 2017. That seems like pretty good news until you consider global debt is increasing nearly three times as fast.

Fun on Friday: The Definition of Insanity and a Lesson from the Pilgrims

As the saying goes, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein is usually credited with that statement, although there isn’t any proof that he ever said it. Nevertheless, it’s certainly a good working definition of insanity. And by that definition, I have to conclude that socialists […]