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The War at the End of the Dollar

The history of the U.S. dollar is closely linked to U.S. involvement in a series of wars. The Bretton Woods Accord and the resulting world reserve currency status of the U.S. dollar were both byproducts of World War II (1939-1945). The Korean War (1950...

Posted to Hera by Ron Hera on Sun, Jul 1 2012

Filed under: Federal reserve, CPI, China, Gold, Bretton Woods, Alan Greenspan, Brazil, Banking Act of 1933, Consumer Price Index, Cold War, Committee to Flood the World, BRIC nations, crude oil, Triffin Dilemma, Accord, Gibson's Paradox, Executive Order 11037, Glass–Steagall Act, Gulf War, Afghanistan, Global War on Terror
Value Subjectivism and Monetary Instability

Subjectivism is the philosophy that reality is what we perceive to be real and that no underlying, true reality exists independent of human perception. In other words, the nature of reality for an individual person is dependent on that individual's...

Posted to Hera by Ron Hera on Sun, Jul 1 2012

Filed under: Federal reserve, Euro, Alan Greenspan, U.S. dollar, gold standard, John Maynard Keynes, British pound, European Central Bank, Japanese yen, counterparty, Subjectivism. Objectivism, Aynd Rand, moral hazard, price stability, central banking, confidence, economic volatility, economic rent seeking, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, currency debasement, fiat money, Austrian economics, François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire
Martin Armstrong on the Sovereign Debt Crisis

The Hera Research Newsletter is pleased to present a fascinating interview with Martin A. Armstrong, founder and former Head of Princeton Economics, Ltd. In the 1980s, Princeton Economics became the leading multinational corporate advisor with offices...

Posted to Hera by Ron Hera on Sun, Jul 1 2012

Filed under: Euro, Great Depression, U.S. dollar, MBS, mortgage backed securities, Long Term Refinancing Operation, British pound, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, European sovereign debt crisis, SIPC, LTRO, LTCM, European Central Bank, EFSF, Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Long Term Capital Management, European Financial Stability Fund, EFSM, European Financial Stabilization Mechanism, Japanese yen, Federal Reserve System, FDIC, ECB
The Unholy Alliance of John Maynard Keynes

Perhaps the greatest modern champion of central economic planning was the 20th century English economist John Maynard Keynes. Keynes, who was a political socialist and for a time a central banker, advocated the idea that the government should play a large...

Posted to Hera by Ron Hera on Sun, Jul 1 2012

Filed under: Federal reserve, GDP, OTC derivatives, CFTC, SEC, Gross Domestic Product, Securities and Exchange Commission, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, collateralized debt obligations, Obamacare, Pfizer, Commodities and Futures Trading Commission, Keynesian economics, Wells Fargo, Food and Drug Administration, GlaxoSmithKline, Lockheed Martin, Bank of America, General Dynamics, MBS, federal government debt, Rahn curve, CDOs, mortgage backed securities, Leviathan, J.P. Morgan Chase, FDA, Monsanto, Archer Daniels Midland, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, over the counter derivatives, John Maynard Keynes, Johnson & Johnson, Behemoth, Boeing, Citigroup, Ziz
Keith Neumeyer: The Silver Market Lacks Integrity

The Hera Research Newsletter (HRN) is pleased to present an incredibly powerful interview with Keith Neumeyer, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of First Majestic Silver Corp. ( TSX:FR / NYSE:AG ). Mr. Neumeyer began his career at the Vancouver...

Posted to Hera by Ron Hera on Sun, Jul 1 2012

Filed under: Gold, CFTC, SEC, MF Global, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, COMEX, futures, options, Jeffrey Christian, commitment of traders, Keith Neumeyer, First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:FR / NYSE:AG), Jon Corzine, CPM Group, silver price
Hugo Salinas-Price: What Every Politician Needs to Know About Silver

The Hera Research Newsletter (HRN) is proud to present a vitally important interview with Hugo Salinas-Price, Founder, Director and Honorary President of Grupo Elektra, S.A.B. de C.V ., which is now run by his son, Ricardo Salinas-Pliego. Grupo Elektra...

Posted to Hera by Ron Hera on Sun, Jul 1 2012

Filed under: Grupo Elektra, Grupo Salinas, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV:ELEKTRA / Latibex:XEKT), Seguros Azteca, Italika y la Asociación del Empresario Azteca, Asociación Civil, TV Azteca, Banco Azteca, Utah Legal Tender Act, Asociación Cívica Mexicana Pro Plata A.C. (Mexican Civic Association Pro Silver), Hugo Salinas Price, Utah Monetary Declaration. El nombre verdadero de Zorro es Hugo Salinas-Price., Sociedad Anónima Bursátil de Capital Variable, Afore Azteca, Azteca Internet, GS Motors, Iusacell, Azteca América
How the U.S. Will Become a 3rd World Country (Part 2)

The United States is quickly coming to resemble a post industrial neo-3rd-world country. Unemployment, lack of economic opportunity, falling real wages and household incomes, growing poverty and increasing concentration of wealth are major trends in the...

Posted to Hera by Ron Hera on Sun, Jul 1 2012

Filed under: Federal reserve, CPI, GDP, IMF, OTC derivatives, unemployment, federal deficit, federal debt, Banking Act of 1933, income tax, federal employee retirement benefits, True Money Supply, CFMA, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, federal government, U.S. Military, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, too big to fail, wealthiest 1% of Americans, payroll tax, wars in Afghanistan, The Quiet Coup, carbon tax, Milton Friedman, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, Allen Greenspan, CFTC, Glass–Steagall. Commodity Futures Modernization Act, SNAP, Simon Johnson, war in Iraq, USA PATRIOT Act, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, distribution of wealth, U.S. Census Bureau, corporate tax, FYFSD, financial weapons of mass destruction, Medicare, International Monetary Fund, wages, national sales tax, FBI, SEC, value added tax, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, Gross Domestic Product, Consumer Price Index, capital gains tax, Social Security, NFORBRES, VAT, TMS, food stamps, EMRATIO, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, U.S. economy, lobbying, poverty, CPIAUCSL, corruption, GLB, Federal Bureau of Investigation, median household income, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, BAPCPA, AHETPI, Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act, bank bailout, unfunded liabilities, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gini Coefficient
How the U.S. Will Become a 3rd World Country (Part 1)

The United States is increasingly similar to a 3rd world county in several ways and is accelerating towards 3rd world status. Economic data indicate a harsh reality that obviates mainstream political debate. The evidence suggests that, without fundamental...

Posted to Hera by Ron Hera on Sun, Jul 1 2012

Filed under: Federal reserve, CPI, GDP, IMF, OTC derivatives, unemployment, federal deficit, federal debt, Banking Act of 1933, income tax, federal employee retirement benefits, True Money Supply, CFMA, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, federal government, U.S. Military, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, too big to fail, wealthiest 1% of Americans, payroll tax, wars in Afghanistan, The Quiet Coup, carbon tax, Milton Friedman, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, Allen Greenspan, CFTC, Glass–Steagall. Commodity Futures Modernization Act, SNAP, Simon Johnson, war in Iraq, USA PATRIOT Act, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, distribution of wealth, U.S. Census Bureau, corporate tax, FYFSD, financial weapons of mass destruction, Medicare, International Monetary Fund, wages, national sales tax, FBI, SEC, value added tax, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, Gross Domestic Product, Consumer Price Index, capital gains tax, Social Security, NFORBRES, VAT, TMS, food stamps, EMRATIO, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, U.S. economy, lobbying, poverty, CPIAUCSL, corruption, GLB, Federal Bureau of Investigation, median household income, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, BAPCPA, AHETPI, Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act, bank bailout, unfunded liabilities, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gini Coefficient
States Can Financially Break Away from Federal Government

As you may know, the state of Utah passed a Legal Tender Act last year authorizing the use of federally minted gold and silver coins as money in the state of Utah. Now, legislators in other states, many of whom attended the Monetary Summit, are evaluating...

Posted to Hera by Ron Hera on Sun, Jul 1 2012

Filed under: Federal reserve, U.S. dollar, financial fraud, federal deficit, gold standard, federal debt
Globalization and Global Chaos

As social and political upheaval and civil unrest have spread across the globe, it has become clear that the problems facing Western countries are neither transient nor temporary. Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States share a common set of...

Posted to Hera by Ron Hera on Sun, Jul 1 2012

Filed under: Gold Exploration, Radius Gold, Rackla Belt, Fortuna Silver Mines, Yukon Territory, Simon Ridgway
Yesterday

they day that proved the austrians superiority about everything else. If there ever might be a discussion about the superiority of that school it was proved right yesterday. We know that you just can one freedom or socialism. Yesterday it was voted pro...

Posted to F Dominicus Blog by Friedrich Dominicus on Sat, Jun 30 2012

Filed under: we can, reality is it in the end, proves, we're right
Thanks to you

Yes I mean you, you my reader. You have pushed the page access to a never seen high of over 1500 hits/day. This is remarkable much. In comparison on my outer mises blog in Germany I have hit 2000 hits a month in May. And I found this at least worth be...

Posted to F Dominicus Blog by Friedrich Dominicus on Fri, Jun 29 2012

Filed under: freedom, against socialism in any form, thanks, Dear readers
What there will be in the end ... reality....

all states will tumble and fall. And every non market money will fall also. I gave it up to expect sanity in the deledefs minds. They live in a world which still is real, but because they can take whomever they like as hostages, they do not have to face...

Posted to F Dominicus Blog by Friedrich Dominicus on Wed, Jun 27 2012
Order of changes

Well in my opinion there is an order of imporance for our money system. The base is the fiat-money has to go. Nothing else will help the honest. All fiat-money systems are systems of defraud. The holders of the "money" are states in the form...

Posted to F Dominicus Blog by Friedrich Dominicus on Wed, Jun 27 2012

Filed under: order, free trade, end the fed, end the central banks, worthless money, gold as currency, what is important, debt avalanches, end central banks, end big government, end, introducing sound money
Schizophrenia

is it just me or does anyone else see it that way also? As we know the states to participate on every income in their region they rule as monopolist or dictator. Well so far so bad. Anyway a state can not produce anything, they just can consume. So far...

Posted to F Dominicus Blog by Friedrich Dominicus on Sat, Jun 23 2012

Filed under: tax, deledefs, expropriation, Schizophrenia, how "stupid" can it get?

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