John Rubino

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• Consumer Metrics Institute: A Hard Year Ahead

  Published 28 February 2013 | viewed 0 times

  The US economy stalled in the 4th quarter, but the analysis that accompanied the latest (slightly positive) GDP revision seemed to imply that the reasons…

• Why We're Ungovernable, Part 7: Italy Does Chaos With Style

  Published 25 February 2013 | viewed 0 times

  As an Italian-American I'm allowed to say it: Italians are an amusing mess. They go on about "la dolce vita," the sweet life of long…

• Creeping Fascism, Part 2: Great Fraudulent Beast

  Published 24 February 2013 | viewed 0 times

  In Charles Mann's 1491, about the (surprisingly big and diverse) cultures that existed in the Americas before the arrival of smallpox, he offers this: "The…

• Just Be Your Own Central Bank

  Published 21 February 2013 | viewed 0 times

  The past year has tested the worldview, and sometimes the sanity, of precious metals investors. But it has also given us another chance to load…

• Catalyst Watch, Part 1: CyberWar

  Published 13 February 2013 | viewed 0 times

  When the technology of warfare changes, so does everything else. State-of-the-art roads and siege engines gave the Roman Empire control of the western world two…

• A Quick Way To Buy The Silver Juniors

  Published 09 February 2013 | viewed 0 times

  There are several ways to time the launch of a new exchange traded fund (ETF). One is to strike while a sector is hot, pull…

• The Stealth Hoodie: Another Reason to Like Silver

  Published 06 February 2013 | viewed 0 times

  One of the compelling (and lately, reassuring) things about the silver investment thesis is that it works pretty much no matter what happens. If the…

• Everybody in the Industry Knows the US Doesn't Have the Gold

  Published 31 January 2013 | viewed 0 times

  In this week's talk with National Numismatics' Tom Cloud, he explains why Germany's gold repatriation is just the beginning, the US Mint's silver shortage will…

• Has The Debt Jubilee Already Started?

  Published 23 January 2013 | viewed 0 times

  There are three fairly radical ideas floating around the monetary policy world right now. The first is economist Ellen Brown's belief that governments should stop…

• The GAAP In The Debt Debate

  Published 15 January 2013 | viewed 0 times

  There's a fascinating (and enraging to both sides) argument going on over whether debt really matters. On one side are the Austrian-inspired hard money advocates…

• Why We're Ungovernable, Part 6: Here Comes the Debt Ceiling

  Published 05 January 2013 | viewed 0 times

  The fiscal cliff was always going to end with a whimper because that was the obvious path of least resistance. In the end, simply avoiding…

• Tom Cloud: The Pieces Are In Place For A Gold Rally

  Published 04 January 2013 | viewed 0 times

  In this week's talk with Tom Cloud of National Numismatic Associates, he explains why the upcoming debt limit negotiations are a bigger deal than the…

• Welcome to the Currency War, Part 6: Japan Gets Explicit

  Published 26 December 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Forget about the fiscal cliff. December's big story was the ascension of a new leader in Japan whose platform is aggressive inflation: Global Currency Tensions…

• Tom Cloud: How to Sell Gold Without Reporting It

  Published 20 December 2012 | viewed 0 times

  In this week's talk with National Numismatic Associates' Tom Cloud, he answers two big questions that confront precious metals buyers: Why are sales of some…

• Why We're Ungovernable, Part 5: Japan 'Would Be Manageable, If Only...'

  Published 16 December 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Japan's government has fallen -- again: Two-Party Japan Democracy Undone in 39 Months as DPJ Crumbles It took 54 years for Japan's politics to produce…

• Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave

  Published 12 December 2012 | viewed 0 times

  By the age of 12 or so, most people have learned through bitter experience that dishonesty is hard to pull off, because one lie tends…

• Tom Cloud: Wholesale Gold Inventories Evaporating

  Published 29 November 2012 | viewed 0 times

  In this week's interview with gold dealer Tom Cloud of National Numismatic Associates, we cover one very timely topic - the sudden decline in gold…

• Welcome to the Currency War, Part 5: The Dollar Gets Serious Competition

  Published 25 November 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Not so long ago the dollar was the world's only reserve currency. Everything else was one (or several) steps down in terms of safety and…

• Why We're Ungovernable, Part 4: Hollande's Short Honeymoon

  Published 14 November 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The premise of this series is that once a country's debt rises to a certain level, the country becomes impossible to govern. Voters accustomed to…

• Nullification Goes Mainstream; States Defy Washington on Drugs and Health Care

  Published 11 November 2012 | viewed 0 times

  As the federal government gradually assimilates the rest of the country, a few states have begun to fight back. From the Kansas City Star: No…