The seminar was as stimulating and informative as expected.  What surprised me was the humor with which most speakers delivered such important and grave messages.  The seminar also was as well-run as...

Saturday, April 10, 2010, in Phoenix, AZ, the Ludwig von Mises Institute will hold a seminar titled The Inflationary Path to Despotism.  As the title suggests, the seminar will deal with how the debasement...

Ordinarily, the summer is a slow period for the gold and silver markets. Additionally, the summer is normally a period of low prices for gold and silver, and that is the case this summer. Both metals’...

Ron Paul has long opposed the concept of central banking and whenever the chairmen of the Federal Reserve System, the central bank of the United States, have had to testify before House congressional committees,...

The most often given reason for buying gold and silver by new investors is concern about the dollar. And, rightfully so. The dollar is in a precipitous decline in the foreign exchange markets, brought...

Tourists to the Taj Mahal and other famous landmarks in India will no longer accept dollars for entrance fees. Indian officials blame the dollar’s decline in foreign exchange markets as the reason. In...