With regular savings paying less and less, as well as a tanking stock market, the price of gold compared with the Dow Jones is one of the ways to gauge how things are really going.
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Late last month, a pioneer of Old Russian energy passed away. Peak Oil expert Byron King offers his obituary of this old energy warrior.
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Running a distillery is a tough job…but Ian MacMillan runs three. Oh, he serves as the master blender, too. Ian’s in charge of Burn Stewart’s three distilleries: Bunnahabhain, Deanston, and Tobernory…and he is also responsible for the Black Bottle blended Scotch. Ian tells us about his 36 years in the whisky business in this episode. […]
Jim Amrhein concludes his series of essays discussing and rebuking many of the common myths made about nuclear power.
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The historic link in the rise in gold price and the fall of the U.S dollar.
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Over the past quarter century, the power and performance of our automobiles have changed dramatically, as well as our driving habits.
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Perhaps the Federal Reserve is not equipped to run our complex financial institutions. But who could do a better job?
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Time for a road trip…this time to the spiritual home of Bourbon…Kentucky. This week’s episode comes from DeSha’s Restaurant and Bar in Lexington, which tied for top honors as Best Whisky Bar in the World in Whisky Magazine’s recent Icons of Whisky Awards. It’s about an hour away from another Icon award winner…the Maker’s Mark […]
Every time a market enters a boom period people start to speculate about a potential bubble. What’s the difference and when can we expect an actual bubble to pop?
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Officials at the IMF are trying to come up with the appropriate policies to solve the global currency crisis.
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