Blog/Regulation
Using Other People’s Money
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; You had said you retired from market-making in the precious metals when in the early ’80s people were claiming to sell Krugerrands [...]
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The US Treasury Does Have the Constitutional Right to Mint Coins
QUESTION: Marty, You are wrong. The US Treasury can create the money as the Constitution says it can. Article I, Section 8, Clause 5. The Congress shall have the [...]
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Is Facial Recognition Destroying our Right to Privacy?
The recent Financial Times investigation revealed that Microsoft had collected discreetly a facial recognition database of some 10 million images of some 100,000 [...]
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Idaho Repeals Its Entire Regulatory Code
Believe it or not, sometimes there is a glimmer of hope. The glimmer came in Idaho and stunned governments around the world. Idaho’s state legislature just [...]
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Capital Controls v Protectionism
QUESTION: Marty; You mentioned at the cocktail party in Rome, which was spectacular BTW, that your concern would be capital controls emerging when the euro starts [...]
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The Threat of Protectionism
QUESTION: Marty: I read you every day and I am one of the fortunate people to have a financial advisor that attends your Conference every year in the US. I am [...]
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The Marijuana Tax – How Did it Become Illegal & Why?
Marijuana has been prejudiced over the years by people who have never understood the risks and because there was concern that marijuana might compete with [...]
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You Still Have to Feed a Parking Meter if you Park your Elephant
I use to live in London and I was taking some photos in a Royal Park on a Sunday. The police told me if I was going to take one more photo he would confiscate my [...]
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The New Electronic Pre-Screening is Still a Visa
QUESTION: You mentioned that the ROME WEC may be the last in Europe. If a VISA is required starting in 2021, does that effectively mean the political end for [...]
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Elon Musk’s War with the SEC
The SEC has moved to hold Elon Musk in contempt in their favorite court – the Southern District of New York. This has been a battle against the SEC whereby [...]
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