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The madmen who are responsible for the coming economic disaster continue to behave as if they can manage to avoid it. Violating Einstein’s definition of insanity, they continue to apply the same poison that caused the problem. These fools believe they can manage complexities they do not understand. The end is certain, only its timing is unknown, and, once interest rates begin to rise, and they will, it's game over so it begs the questions "How much longer this can possibly go on?" and "What will happen to the U.S. and the world when it does?"

The U.S. Mint has issued 5 new 25 cent coin designs into circulation which could be worth 100x their face value if they are in average mint state condition. Here's what to look for:

Is life getting better or worse? Watching the news, it’s easy to become pessimistic but don’t forget that reporting is often selective so what is the real state of humanity?

Are we running out of resources? The Simon Project...explores the relationship between population growth and resource availability using four new concepts including Time Price which denotes the amount of time that a person has to work in order to earn enough money to buy something.

You have no doubt read countless articles on the price of gold costing "x dollars per ounce", own a gold ring or some other piece of gold jewellery and/or wear or have bought/plan to buy a diamond ring but do you really understand exactly what you are buying? What's the difference between 1 troy ounce of gold and 1 (regular) ounce? What's the difference between 18 and 10 karat gold? What's the difference between a .75 and a 1.0 carat diamond? Let me explain. Words: 1102

Many analysts predict a parabolic rise in the price of gold over the next 5 years and, as such, it is realistic to expect that silver will also escalate dramatically in price – but by how much? This article applies the various historical silver to gold ratios to come up with a range of prices based on specific price levels for gold being reached.

Any "analyst" can suggest that gold is going much higher (see 89 forecasts here) but less than 50% provide specific dates as to when their predictions will be realized. The forecasts of those 44 analysts from this year out to 2032 and beyond, are provided in this article.

"How much gold should you own?" This article discusses a number of different views on the subject in an attempt to help you answer that question.

To wind up with true hyperinflation, some very bad things have to happen. The government has to completely lose control and the populace has to completely lose faith in the system - or both at the same time. Will the U.S. go down that path? Let's review the situation.