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Ron Paul: Forget About the Gold Standard, Let’s Talk About the Copper Standard

Via Birch Gold Group

Forget About the Gold Standard, Let's Talk About the Copper Standard

By Ron Paul

Way back in 1982, two interesting things happened.

The first was the publication of the minority report fellow Gold Commission member Lewis Lehrman and I co-wrote as The Case for Gold. (I’m currently working with Birch Gold Group to release a new edition of this book in the near future.) Now, I understand that might not be as interesting to everyone as it was to sound-money advocates like myself.

I’m sure you remember the second interesting thing, though… Continue reading “Ron Paul: Forget About the Gold Standard, Let’s Talk About the Copper Standard”

Doctor Copper Strikes – A True Economic Barometer

Guest Post by Marin Katusa via International Man

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Copper has long been an excellent proxy for global economic health. It’s used in everything from washing machines to electric cars.

That’s why copper is often referred to as “Doctor Copper” – because it can diagnose the health of the market.

There’s been a lot of market sentiment that the bottom has been put into copper, and that 2020 is the year of the metal rat.

I’m long term bullish on copper, but I stated publicly in late 2019 that caution was required in the near term.

Rewind just over 12 months ago when we wrote about the potential of a copper wipeout. That research piece was one that got an insane number of eyeballs.

Continue reading “Doctor Copper Strikes – A True Economic Barometer”