U.S. Supreme Court IN RE SINKING FUND CASES, 99 U.S. 700 (1878) 99 U.S. 700 (L.Ed.) SINKING-FUND CASES. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES. CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. GALLATIN. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Court of Claims. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California. The […]

U.S. Supreme Court Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company, 158 U.S. 601 (1895) Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company (Rehearing) No. 898, 894 Argued May 6, 7, 8, 1895 Decided May 20, 1895 158 U.S. 601 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Syllabus […]

U.S. Supreme Court Flint v. Stone Tracy Co., 220 U.S. 107 (1911) Flint v. Stone Tracy Company Nos. 407, 409-412, 415, 420, 425, 431, 432, 442-443, 446, 456-457 Argued March 17, 18, 1910 Restored to docket for reargument May 31, 1910 Reargued January 17, 18, 19, 1911 Decided March 13, 1911. 220 U.S. 107 APPEAL […]

The Economic Consequences of the Peace, by John Maynard Keynes THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE PEACE   by   JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES, C.B. Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge   New York Harcourt, Brace and Howe 1920   PREFACE The writer of this book was temporarily attached to the British Treasury during the war and was […]

Real Estate is a difficult market to forecast because it is so localized. The primary trend that emerges which we observed through a couple of decades of monitoring on an international scale was essentially the same pattern that takes place with the rise and fall of nations. As I have tried to explain that there […]

There seems to be great confusion surrounding what is money and what is meant by the term “legal tender”. Legal tender is a medium of payment allowed by law or recognized by a legal system to be valid for meeting any financial obligation including taxes.Legal tender is therefore anything which when offered in payment extinguishes a […]

Traveling around the world for 3 months hitting every place from Hong Kong, Beijing, SE Asia, over to Europe, I met with at least 30 government ministers, central bank committees, hedge fund managers, investors and bankers. A lot has changed in 25 years. I have been warning how Americans have been thrown out of the […]

  Copyright Martin Armstrong All Rights Reserved December 6th, 2012 The Roosevelt Taking of Gold Was Unconstitutional Gold is a commodity for trading as well as something you put in your sock drawer for a rainy day. They are two different things entirely. The fanatic Goldbugs who argue only gold will survive and hate my […]

Banks have been manipulating markets, interest rates, and governments for a very long time. The present scandal involving manipulating LIBOR interest rates in Europe that began in Britain is surfacing like a soap opera evolving slowly on the political stage of life illustrating the potential to split the financial world in two like no other […]

Copyright Martin Armstrong All Rights Reserved June 5th, 2012 The Truth About Gold & Why You Should Buy It Some people only ever say BUY gold and God help you if you say SELL! Even the pro-Gold radio shows will bar you if you do not agree with them. Guess Mainstream applies to them in […]