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Thank you & the Interesting Times We Live In

I just want to say thank you for all the emails I have been getting. These are difficult times, indeed. Nevertheless, the upside is that these tumultuous times are...

PRIVATE BLOG – Say Hello to Pandemic Inflation

PRIVATE BLOG – Say Hello to Pandemic Inflation Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to learn more,...

Only Experience Clears the Vision

QUESTION: Hi Martin, I grew up under communism, in Romania and now have been living in Canada for more than 20 years, moving here in my 30s. We considered ourselves...

Don’t Be A Sucker

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Ancient Coins Soaring in Price

This is historically perhaps the most important coin of the Roman Republic. It was estimated at £500,000 and it sold for £2,700,000 ($3.5 million). This is the...

The Discovery in Volterra

In Tuscany, Italy, a major discovery has been made of the only amphitheater to have been discovered that was never excavated before. This is being called the...

Was Genoa the Best form of Government?

Genoa 1481 COMMENT: Dear Martin, Thank you for your work. It is not anymore about the economy but about surviving through the mayhem that is on the horizon. Thank...

Statues & Rewriting History & Ignorance

  I find that the tearing down of statues has gone way too far. Tearing down Columbus because he discovered America, and that harmed the indigenous people, is...

Reinterpreting History – The Modern Version of Book Burning?

  They are going to remove the statue of Teddy Roosevelt, who ironically was a socialist, as they claim the statue is now racist because it portrays an...