Category Archives: MN Gordon

Can Returning to Gold Solve Decades of Reckless Federal Spending?

All world leaders come with big egos. It’s a prerequisite for the job. These outsized egos compel presidents, prime ministers, supreme leaders, and other alphas to overestimate their abilities. Continue reading →

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Why America’s Money Supply Would Vanish Without Debt

These days the engine room of a bank no longer has a heavily fortified underground vault full of gleaming gold bullion. Instead, there’s merely a brightly lit open-office floor where loan officers electronically sign digital approval forms. Continue reading →

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The Hidden Engine of Booms and Busts

Imagine walking up to a bank counter, handing over a heavy leather pouch of fine silver coins, and receiving a simple piece of paper in return. That paper isn’t a promise that the bank hopes to honor if nobody panics. It isn’t tied to a liability for a complex loan scheme. It is a 100 percent backed warehouse receipt. Continue reading →

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How Surging Borrowing Costs Are Consuming the U.S. Budget

The U.S. government just closed the books on Fiscal Year 2026. The final budget report card, to be perfectly frank, is the stuff of banana republics. Continue reading →

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