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March 19, 2012
Monetary History of the World 700-550BC By Martin A. Armstrong Only since about 700 B.C. do we find a consistent record of the monetary system of the world. The credit for the creation of an official coinage system belongs to the Ionians or Lydians within the Greek Empire of Asia Minor – modern day Turkey. […]
March 19, 2012
The Origins of Money Chapter III By Martin A. Armstrong The Birth of Coinage The Importance of Weight As trade between regions and nations gradually began to expand, some form of international trade would have been necessary. It is perhaps because of this primary reason that ultimately money among trading nations at least tended to […]
March 19, 2012
The Origins of Money Chapter II By Martin A. Armstrong Money and the Evolution of Banking While prostitution has long been regarded as the first profession and lawyers as close second, the banking profession is clearly the third oldest known to humankind. The invention of banking preceded that of coinage by several thousand years. Banking […]
March 19, 2012
The Origins of Money By Martin A. Armstrong First “Official” Coinage minted in Lydia (Turkey) 700 BC The origin of money extends back in time far beyond the recorded history of civilization. Indeed, the definition of money is much broader in scope than many would typically expect. The oldest surviving written records are in cuneiform […]
March 19, 2012
Check out the newest update to the Research page The Monetary History of the World. Currently posted is The Origins of Money. More updates to the Monetary History of the World and the Research page are coming soon.
March 19, 2012
Two new updates from Martin Armstrong, Anatomy of a Debt Crisis and Goldman Sachs v Shareholders, are now out on the 2012 Writings page.
March 19, 2012
Copyright Martin Armstrong All Rights Reserved March 18th, 2012 SEC Supports Goldman Sachs v Shareholders Anyone who has traded with Goldman Sachs most likely knows it is always an adversarial relationship. Banks that trade do so for themselves and employees are compensated according to the profits made on the desk. That is the nature of […]
March 19, 2012
Copyright Martin A. Armstrong, all right reserved March 18th, 2012 Please register for Special Updates ArmstrongEconomics.COM / Princeton Economic Institute Copyright Martin A. Armstrong All Rights Reserved Disclaimer: Futures, Options, and Currency trading all have large potential rewards, but also large potential risk. You must be aware of the risks and be willing to […]
March 17, 2012
View the new Research page and read A Brief History of World Interest Rates. More research coming soon.