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Basel III and gold resource center

Commentators predicted the rules of Basel III bank regulations will cause gold to skyrocket in price. This research series provides our analysis of these claims

Bitcoin: Postmodern money

In the articles below, Keith Weiner covers many of the reasons why bitcoin is unsound and not money and rather the very model of a (post)modern monetary marvel.

Marginal productivity of debt

Understanding the marginal productivity of debt is key to understanding whether the amount of credit created is unsustainable, resulting in the failure of the monetary system and loss of everyone’s savings.

Theory of interest and prices in paper currency

The behavior of the dollar system is nonlinear and counterintuitive. This research series explains how interest and prices are set under our monetary system.

Unadulterated gold standard

In this five part series, we discuss why the world needs an Unadulterated Gold Standard:

Yield purchasing power

This research series argues for a new way of looking at monetary debasement proposed by economist Keith Weiner called Yield Purchasing Power.

Zombie firms

A zombie firm or zombie corporation has a profit less than the interest expense on its debt. It is only possible with artificially low interest rates and a very permissible credit market. Both conditions are consequences of central bank policy. Read more about it here.