Blog/America’s Economic History
Millennials Collect Sneakers not Gold?
QUESTION: Gold & the younger generation Regarding the article ‘Gold & the Future ‘ ‘…Will they then look to gold and history? ‘ I think the [...]
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Quebec Issued the First Paper Money in the New World
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, a goldbug told me you were wrong that paper currency did not begin with the Civil War. I told him you have written plenty of times about [...]
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Happy 4th of July – Which was Supposed to be July 2nd
There are only a handful of people throughout history who I admire and wish I could have shaken their hand. Thomas Jefferson was one of them. The Fourth of July is [...]
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Did Life Insurance Companies Survive the Great Depression?
QUESTION: Did insurance companies just declare bankruptcy during the 1930s to escape liabilities? PD ANSWER: Personally, I have NEVER had an insurance policy that [...]
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Are Bonds Preferable to Stocks in a Crisis?
QUESTION: There are a few people coming out claiming the stock market will crash so buy bonds even though you will lose money. How can people keep calling for a [...]
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Trump & China Trade Deal – Cyclically On Target? When Mexican Coins Traded at a Premium to America’s
QUESTION: Marty; Are there any cycles dealing with the trade dispute with China that are relevant? OP ANSWER: Actually, yes. The United States created a two-tier [...]
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Why Has the USA been “Pinnacle of Global Success”
To the shock of everyone in politics and economics who can’t get enough socialism and want to bash that the disparity of income is so evil, these Marxists are [...]
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Marriage on the Decline but So is Divorce?
The big hoopla is that the divorce rate has declined among Millennials. University of Maryland professor Philip Cohen found that from 2008 to 2016, the U.S. divorce [...]
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Who was the Richest Man in Ancient History
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; You are a history buff. Who was the richest person in ancient times? Has there ever been a trillionaire? PD ANSWER: The Roman Emperor [...]
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