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Did Greenspan Invent BASIC Programming?

QUESTION: Did Alan Greenspan invent Basic Programming language and write programs for Arthur Burns to control the world financial system? This seems to be the...

Schema Frequency & the Rabbit Hole

  QUESTION: Martin, Thank you for staying alive and moving forward with Socrates!. I am a big fan of yours. I read your blog everyday and I have reserved to...

Money is Irrelevant – Deal With the Issue Directly

QUESTION: I understand austerity is self defeating and crippling, but is there any other way to constrain elected officials from driving into unsustainable public...

How Much Cash Should One Have Outside of the Banks?

QUESTION: How much cash should one have? ANSWER: No institution is safe for all can be closed by decree, including credit unions. This is true of safe deposit boxes...

Why Was the 1933 Confiscation of Gold A “Good Thing”?

QUESTION: Why was the confiscation of gold by FDR in 1933 a good thing? ED ANSWER: What you have to understand is that Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s (FDR) actions...

Chicago Considering a 30% Property Tax Increase to Pay Govt. Pensions

COMMENT: Couldn’t help myself – I must share this personal story with your team and the blog readers. After reading Martin for just about a year, I began...

Discovery vs. Theory

QUESTION:  Hi Martin, Since one year now I follow your blog and I see most things unfolding exactly as you describe. Although I do not agree with all points...

Who Prints Euro Notes?

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong Who prints euro notes? Could Greece just flood the market is euro banknotes? Thanks you for your guidance PK REPLY: Legally, both the...

Greece Shuts Down Access to Safe Deposit Boxes

COMMENT: Hello Martin, A few minutes ago the deputy Minister of Finance Mrs Olga Valavani said safe deposit boxes will be reserved! Bank officials denied this...

Greece & Brussels’ Quest to Dominate Europe

QUESTION: Marty, I want to say congratulations. You stood up there in Berlin in 2012 and said the Euro-Swiss peg would break and that Greece would ultimately leave...