If the failure of the Soviet Union should have taught us anything, it was that central planning was and always will be a failure. The inability of central planners to replicate the functioning of a market economy was well known, yet the Soviets and their fellow travelers around the world insisted that centralized decision-making would […]
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With stocks having been hammered in recent weeks, demand for gold has skyrocketed among investors looking to protect their investments. In fact, demand has increased so much that supplies of physical gold coins at most dealers have all but dried up. Try looking for gold coins online and you’ll be hard pressed to find any […]
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With stock markets having been on a roller coaster over the past few weeks, and numerous investors undoubtedly watching their 401(k) balances in horror, financial markets haven’t been too kind to most people. Couple that with the prospect of GDP falling almost 25% as a result of business shutdowns due to coronavirus, plus an increasing […]
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History is full of cartridges that were popular once upon a time but that gradually faded away into obscurity. Often they’re perfectly capable cartridges, they were just overshadowed by something newer and better. One such cartridge that faded away even though it was quite capable was the .257 Roberts. Originally developed in the 1920s as […]
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With the coronavirus pandemic causing mass amounts of hysteria among politicians around the world, it’s time to start digging deeper into why those politicians are freaking out. The current trend of lockdowns and social distancing is intended not to stop the virus from spreading but to “flatten the curve,” i.e. to slow the spread of […]
Continue ReadingWhile brick-and-mortar businesses such as restaurants may be hurting significantly as the coronavirus spreads across the country, online businesses or businesses with an online presence are seeing massive increases in orders. Just try to buy something on larger sites such as Walmart or Amazon and you’ll find that it might take one to two weeks […]
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Many investors may have been looking worriedly at the gold price over the past couple of weeks, seeing the price decline back to where it began the year. They may have been second-guessing their decision to invest in gold, wondering if it was really such a good idea after all. But events this week had […]
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If you’re one of those people who trusts that the people at the top know what they’re doing and have things under control, you might want to stop now, because it’s becoming abundantly clear that they don’t know what they’re doing. That’s particularly true within the Federal Reserve System, which is throwing unlimited amounts of […]
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Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was famously quoted as saying that one should never let a good crisis go to waste. Well, we finally have a good crisis with the spread of coronavirus, and governments at every level are taking full advantage of that crisis. Not surprisingly, gun owners are bearing the brunt of their […]
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The coronavirus epidemic has brought to the public’s attention that, despite all the rhetoric we like to hear about how all Americans are equal, some are more equal than others. With the virus spreading across the country, numerous Americans are worried about whether or not they have it. But to even get tested for the […]
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