THE FED´S ROLE IN THE BANK FAILURES / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Fed’s Role in the Bank Failures There are four reasons to worry that the latest banking crisis could be systemic. For many years, period...

IT´S ALL HOTTING UP / GOLDMONEY INSIGHTS

It’s all hotting up Alasdair Macleod Increasing numbers of national governments are abandoning the US sphere of influence.  Opportunities fr...

THE UNSTOPPABLE RISE OF GOVERNMENT RESCUES / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

The unstoppable rise of government rescues A maximalist culture of bailouts and state support is bloating and thereby destabilising the glob...

GOLD AND SILVER RISING STRONGLY /GOLDMONEY INSIGHTS

Gold and silver rising strongly Alasdair Macleod Gold and silver had a positive week, with prices rising strongly.  In European trade this m...

ACCOUNTING FOR CASINO CAPITALISM / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Accounting for Casino Capitalism The current financial crisis has more than a little in common with the startup crisis that preceded the sto...

HOW CHINA KEEPS PUTTING OFF ITS "LEHMAN MOMENT" / THE NEW YORK TIMES OP EDITORIAL

How China Keeps Putting Off Its ‘Lehman Moment’ By Zhiwu Chen Credit...Eve Liu HONG KONG — Remember the Evergrande crisis? It was little mor...