I packed myself into a full room of budding economists and future policy makers, mostly students from Hampden-Sydney College, to hear Chris Coyne. As the late professor of economics here at Hampden-Sydney speaks, Coyne’s fast, but often sporadically connected, arguments attempt to answer: “Why liberal democracy takes hold in some countries but not in others?” …
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Money, religion, and politics flow inside an elliptical cycle with each further feeding the cycle. When money grows, that money causes more politics, and more religion. As politics grow, so do money and religion. Likewise, when religion grows, so, do politics and money. And, when any of them grow, the magnitude of the cycle increases: …
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With new technology, the age-old hunt for gold, copper and other precious minerals is shifting to a new frontier: the ocean floor. And having metal commodities in high demand, mining companies are looking to the sea. Mining companies have long known the world’s oceans and seas cover vast troves of metals. Yet, unlike oil-and-gas companies, …
Year after year, the precious yellow metal refuses to reach for the stars like it is supposed to. Why is this?
Ben Bernanke is hungry, just enter the dollar amount between 1913 and 2006 and find out how much inflation has consumed your money.
