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There’s Always A First Time

2021-01-09

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2021-01-09

Is it a race against time? Or is it trying to set aside today so as to focus entirely on a specific kind of tomorrow? It’s easy to do the latter especially when today is what it is; you can’t change what’s already gone on.

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Why the 2020s Won’t Be like the Roaring 20s

2021-01-09

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2021-01-09

Audio Mises Wire
The 1920s featured political détente, debt liquidations by prior consumer price inflation, an introductory stalling of monetary inflation, a German economic miracle, and a broad-based technological revolution. The 2020s have none of these. Original Article: "Why the 2020s Won't Be like the Roaring 20s" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.

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Hayek, Friedman, Buchanan: The Villains of “Neoliberalism”

2021-01-09

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2021-01-09

Wendy Brown, a well-known political theorist who teaches at UC Berkeley, does not like Friedrich Hayek very much. She in part blames him and others as well, including Milton Friedman and James Buchanan, for policies that have led to the bad state of the world in general and America in particular today.

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Gold to $2,300 and Silver to $35 by Year End – 2021, the Year the Barometer Explodes?

2021-01-09

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2021-01-09

The US dollar set for further dramatic declines?Negative interest rate policy spreadingIncreased global liquidity in attempt to ignite a recoveryDemocrats’ win paves way for massive stimulus packagesGold and silver set to rally strongly in a perfect storm.

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Sprott Money News Weekly Wrap-up – 1.8.21

2021-01-08

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With Eric still out to spend time with his family, Bob Thompson of Raymond James in Vancouver joins us to discuss the price action in the precious metals and the mining shares. He also shares his outlook for 2021 and beyond. You can submit your questions for our Weekly Wrap Up to [email protected] Visit our website https://www.sprottmoney.com for more news.

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Inflation: could covid-19 cause prices to rise? | The Economist

2021-01-08

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In the past two decades inflation has puzzled economists by remaining low in good times and bad. Could the pandemic cause it to rise? Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter to keep up to date with our latest coverage: https://econ.st/3aor3kg Find all of our finance and economics coverage: https://econ.st/3nsEfZm Read our special report about how inflation is losing its meaning as an economic indicator: https://econ.st/3noSaPY How to...

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FX Daily, January 08: Can the Dollar Find Traction Even if the Employment Data Disappoint?

2021-01-08

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2021-01-08

The global equity rally picked up this week as it closed in 2019. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index gained today and is up in nine of the past 10 sessions. It has fallen only in one week since the end of October. South Korea's Kospi led today's advance with a nearly 4% rally on the back of talks that were later played down between Hyundai and Apple. 

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2021-01-08 – Swiss National Bank expects annual profit of around CHF 21 billion for 2020

2021-01-08

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2021-01-08

According to provisional calculations, the Swiss National Ban k will report a profit in the order of CHF 21 billion for the 2020 financial year. The profit on foreign currency posi ti ons amounted to CHF 13 billion. A valuation gain of CHF 7 billion was recorded on gold holdings. The net r esult on Swiss franc posit ions amounted to over CHF 1 billion.

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Swiss Retail Sales, November 2020: 1.0 percent Nominal and 1.7 percent Real

2021-01-08

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2021-01-08

Switzerland Retail Sales YoY, November 2020
Turnover adjusted for sales days and holidays rose in the retail sector by 1.0% in nominal terms in November 2020 compared with the previous year. Seasonally adjusted, nominal turnover fell by 2.4% compared with the previous month.

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EU-Klimapolitik: Immer tiefer in die Planwirtschaft

2021-01-08

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2021-01-08

Politik: Das ist – ein wenig überspitzt formuliert – die Installation falscher Systeme und die strategische Nutzung der sich hieraus ergebenden Irritationen sowie die taktische Beherrschung des hieraus resultierenden endlosen Reparaturbetriebs.

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Swiss rents and property prices up in 2020 due to pandemic

2021-01-08

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2021-01-08

The pandemic had a significant impact on Swiss real estate prices in 2020, according to industry experts.

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2021: Welcome to Post-persuasion America

2021-01-08

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2021-01-08

Audio Mises Wire
Mobilization and separation, not persuasion, is the way forward.

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The Tyranny Nobody Talks About

2021-01-08

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2021-01-08

All the tricks to hide our unaffordable cost structure have reached marginal returns. Reality is about to intrude. There is much talk of tyranny in the political realm, but little is said about the tyrannies in the economic realm, a primary one being the tyranny of high costs: high costs crush the economy from within and enslave those attempting to start enterprises or keep their businesses afloat. Traditionally, costs are broken down into...

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Monetary Metals Issues World’s First Gold Bond Since 1933

2021-01-07

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2021-01-07

Monetary Metals® is pleased to announce the issuance of a bond paying principal and interest in gold. The term is one year, and the interest rate on invested gold is 13%.  According to company CEO Keith Weiner, Ph.D., it is the first proper gold bond in 87 years.

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SMART BOURSE – L’invité de la mi-journée : Thomas Costerg (Pictet WM)

2021-01-07

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Jeudi 7 janvier 2021, SMART BOURSE reçoit Thomas Costerg (Économiste sénior US, Pictet WM)

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FX Daily, January 7: Dollar Bounces after Insurrection Put Down

2021-01-07

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2021-01-07

Overview:  After the National Guard were called to put down an insurrection in Washington, DC, the dollar is having its best day in around a week.  The euro's three-day rally has been halted even though German factory orders surprised on the upside. 

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Two globally pioneering technologies among Swiss energy prize winners

2021-01-07

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2021-01-07

A floating solar power plant and a transport project using renewable hydrogen are among the winners of the 2021 Watt d’Or prize. 

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Swiss franc shrugs off being put on the naughty step by US

2021-01-07

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2021-01-07

For many foreign exchange traders, the US Treasury’s decision to designate Switzerland as a currency manipulator last month comes nearly six years too late and with a good dose of irony.

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Charity works overtime to support Covid-stricken mountain firms

2021-01-07

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2021-01-07

A Swiss fund that supports small businesses in alpine regions bailed out 100 firms last year that were affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Schweizer Berghilfe (Swiss Mountain Aid) doled out an extra CHF2 million ($2.26 million) to support Covid-hit enterprises.

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Double Standards, Reparations, and War Crimes

2021-01-07

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2021-01-07

Joan Wallach Scott, a historian who is a professor emerita at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, has come up with a most valuable insight. She is decidedly not “one of us,” but her insight makes her sound as if she might be.

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