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“It begins”: The rise of the digital dollar
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50 years since the closure of the “gold window”
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Modern Monetary Theory is an old Marxist Idea
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Währungskrieg kann die globale Dominanz des US-Dollars beenden
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Silver and Platinum: buying opportunities gone unnoticed
Share this articleGold has been making headlines in recent days, as its price skyrocketed close to $1,700, a rise that most analysts have attributed to the spread of the coronavirus. The fears over its economic impact have sent global stock markets tumbling and, as is usually and reliably the case,…
