GOLDEN NUGGETS: THE ANCIENT GREEKS
An occasional series of curiosities of Gold, its history and ideas about it. By Mark Rogers The Ancient Greeks had no gold. So much has come down to us from the Ancient Greeks – philosophy, history,...
View ArticleGREEKS TRADE THEIR WAY OUT OF GOVERNMENT CHAOS
… and the government follows their lead By Mark Rogers In recent posts I have looked at what money is, what underlies the knowledge economy and suggested the role of “de-development” lying at the core...
View ArticleWhy do investors buy gold?
A lucid analysis from France on the logic of gold investment Translated from an original article by Charles Sannat, Director of Economic Studies, AuCOFFRE.com, Paris With regard to the economy, we have...
View ArticleHOW LONG DID IT TAKE HOLLANDE TO DO A SARKOZY?
By Mark Rogers One day. The “sarkozy” in question? Bashing the City of London. So nothing has changed on the despising of the Anglo-Saxon economic model front, then. What else has changed as a result...
View ArticleDEBT AND DEMOCRACY
By Mark Rogers Having looked at the recent elections in France and Greece (here and here), and raised questions about the political outcomes and their effect on the euro and the EU as a whole, it would...
View ArticleMONETIZATION OF GOLD IN THE U.S.A. – NOW!
We saw here how the gold standard is likely to make a return, and specifically how it could be managed. We took a look at how Iran and China have been conspiring to revive payment in gold for bulk...
View ArticleTHE EURO GOES ON – ON AND ON AND ON…
By Mark Rogers Now that the main Olympics are over and the daily newspapers have recovered their normal size and weight, it is possible to see what else is happening in the world. Surprise, surprise…...
View ArticleCHANCELLOR FRAU AUSTERITY: HOW MUCH DID YOUR VISIT COST?
By Mark Rogers There’s austerity and then some. Why did Chancellor Merkel decide to visit Athens? It certainly wasn’t to boost the revenues from tourism. It is reported that some 7,000 police officers,...
View ArticlePUNISH BENEFIT CHEATS
DO DEALS (IF YOU MUST) WITH SO-CALLED TAX EVADERS By Mark Rogers After all the froth over tax evasion, in a remarkably short space of time the taxman is doing a deal: “Hundreds of tax evaders … will...
View Article2012: Tax, the Euro and the Gold Standard: A Roundup
By Mark Rogers Tax In a move practically designed to prove my assertion that the Inland Revenue is behaving more like the Stasi than a branch of democratic government, it was announced on Friday 4...
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