Category: Economics & Monetary Systems
Money, monetary history, precious metals, inflation, markets, financial power, and the political economy of resources.
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Lincoln’s Currency Legacy and the New Private Digital Dollar
The GENIUS Act and the OCC’s new rule establish a federal framework for reserve-backed payment stablecoins. Their implications extend beyond crypto: from Treasury debt and deposit protections to the way people spend,…
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Painted Quarters Cattle Company: Where Soil and Sound Money Meet
At Painted Quarters Cattle Company, Greg Flewelling proves that agriculture can be regenerative and resilient, for soil and money. From pasture-raised cattle to transactions in Goldbacks and silver, this is a farm…
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When Ledgers Rewrite Culture: The Social Side of Sound Money
Money is not only math; it is story and ritual, habit and trust. As balance sheets quietly favor physical gold and financial gravity bends eastward, the real change will be lived in…
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Basel III and the Return of Gold: A Comparative History
Basel III quietly restores gold’s role, shifting value from paper to bullion. History repeats: rules change, wealth moves and the world adapts.
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Critical Minerals: The Silent Tell of a War Economy
Behind bureaucratic language, the USGS 2025 critical minerals update signals a shift in national priorities. Copper, silver, silicon, rhenium, lead and potash are strategic tools for distance warfare, industrial mobilization and the…
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The Human Appetite for Metals and the Cost Incurred
Tracing metals through history reveals appetite itself (survival, wealth, expression, morality) with each era reshaping the hunger but never fulfilling it.
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America’s Warpath Towards Corporate Control
The United States has taken a ten percent stake in Intel, a move that signals more than industrial policy. It suggests a reemergence of state hands in corporate machinery, where ownership becomes…
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Shadow Inflation & the Price of Freedom
You’re not losing your mind, you’re losing your purchasing power. Everything from groceries to rent to basic utilities has crept into unaffordable territory, but somehow the government insists inflation is around 3.3%.…
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An Ounce of Silver & More than An Ounce of Delusion
We rarely hear about silver in the climate conversation even though without it, the dream of a fully green grid looks less like inevitability and more like wishful thinking.
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Market Forces: Foreign Factors & Domestic Actors
Exploring how international agreements bypass national legislation, empowering external entities over domestic governance.