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October 28, 2024Peter's Podcast

Peter Schiff: BRICS Countries Should Turn to Gold

On Friday, Peter dropped another episode of the Peter Schiff Show. He comments on an IMF conference in Europe, the newsworthy BRICS conference held in Russia, and the latest political proposals made in the presidential race, namely Donald Trump floating the idea of replacing income taxes with tariffs and Kamala Harris taking aim at subscription […]

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September 11, 2024Interviews

Schiff vs. Mallers: Who Needs Bitcoin?

On Thursday, Peter debated Jack Mallers, the CEO of Strike, a Bitcoin payment system. They cover what makes a good money, their future outlooks for both gold and Bitcoin, and what would make Peter change his mind on the cryptocurrency. Throughout the debate, Peter explicates the Austrian School of Economics’ theory on the origin of […]

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September 10, 2024Interviews

Schiff on Kitco News: Currency Crisis on the Horizon

Last week Peter appeared on Kitco News to chat with Michelle Makori about the Fed, the debt crisis, and the future of the country. Peter issues predictions about de-dollarization and an eventual return to the gold standard. In the context of a recent large downward revision to job statistics, Peter explains why all jobs aren’t […]

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August 12, 2024Guest Commentaries

Central Banks Buy Gold As Lifeboat

While bankers claim inflation is under control, the rising price of gold signals deeper concerns. Meanwhile, central banks quietly hoard gold to shield themselves from their own expansionary policies. One must wonder: what are they bracing for?

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June 21, 2024Key Gold Headlines

Gold’s Natural Scarcity Propels its Valuation Growth

The U.S. abandoned the gold standard in 1933. But ninety-one years later, in the midst of an inflation crisis, investors are flocking back to the original. The U.S. government is set to print about $200 billion in bills in 2024. That’s $548 million for every day. Despite the rampant inflation reducing consumer purchasing power around […]

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June 2, 2024Guest Commentaries

Why People Value Worthless Paper Money

Fiat money is intrinsically worthless and yet people still value it. Where does this value come from? Our guest commentator cites Austrian thinkers Menger and Mises. He traces the purchasing power of paper money back its historical root: real money, i.e. physical gold.

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April 18, 2024Original Analysis

When Will the Yen Carry Trade Break?

Decades of negative interest rate policy in Japan have ended. That could mean the end of the $20 trillion “yen carry trade,” once one of the most popular trades on foreign exchange markets, and a chain reaction in the global economy. The yen carry trade is when investors borrow yen to buy assets denominated in […]

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March 7, 2024Original Analysis

What Dollarization Says About Returning to the Gold Standard

Everyone’s heard of Javier Milei, the new president of Argentina, called by Fox News the world’s first libertarian president. He has been in the news for his denunciation of leftism, Marxism, and the sprawling bureaucracy that has trapped Argentina in debt. He’s also taken aim at run-away inflation in Argentina. Inflation in the last year was […]

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February 5, 2024Guest Commentaries

JP Morgan: Money is Gold and Nothing Else

Our nation’s top financier had it correct 111 years ago: “Money is gold, and nothing else.” J.P. Morgan was convinced of this. Still, government agencies have schemed over the centuries to dismantle the gold standard.  Our guest commenter explains that, even though the Fed still holds gold, there was never a time when the dollar […]

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January 11, 2024Guest Commentaries

How the Secret Service Abandoned the Gold Standard

A US government operation led by the Secret Service from 1865 covertly dismantled the gold and silver currency system. This strategic move, propelled by two acts of Congress, was a cunning ploy that centralized economic power. A commentator from the Mises Institute explores the little-known involvement of the Secret Service in this historical development, and […]

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August 31, 2023Original Analysis

A Brief History of the Gold Standard

As evidence mounts that the major Western economies are heading into a banking and monetary crisis due to contracting credit, we face the consequences of unsound money. The era of fiat is drawing to a close and its death will be painful for the highly indebted advanced economies in North America, Europe, and Japan. History […]

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