Regarding the depression, I think it's easy to tell a lot of FDR's tomfoolery was counterproductive. But since nobody here, or at least not that I've seen, is suggesting we enact huge price controls and gold confiscation, what we're left is the simple act of massive deficit spending during high une...

The investing part of his book was poor.  On the other hand, his chapter on Government and Institutional reaction to economic crisis was excellent.  It contained a lot of information I had never seen before.   Interestingly, it sounds like he's reconsidered his interest in gold.  Recent articles ind...

craigr wrote: I read part of his book on doomsday investing and had to simply stop halfway through.

The investing part of his book was poor.  On the other hand, his chapter on Government and Institutional reaction to economic crisis was excellent.  It contained a lot of information I had never seen before. 

I've read several of his books. He's hilarious, but I disagree with virtually all of his politics. Smart guy though. His books on real estate investment are amazing. I've also read his book "Succeeding". What did you think of his book on hyperinflation? I've read he doesn't like gold and ...

John T Reed always has some fascinating reads on his website and are great fodder for forum discussions.  I foud his website a couple years ago and did buy his book Hyperinflation and Depression . For those unfamiliar with Mr Reed, he is a West point Graduate, Vietnam vet, and real estate author.  I...

What puzzles me, though, is why so few people are talking about this stuff.  I'm not an economist and it is obvious to me.  I think it's obvious BECAUSE you're not an economist.  Simple logic is that consumers will be deleveraging for the forseeable future.  Governements will be deleveraging for th...

Moda, "A part of me wonders how one person could have bought an ounce of a yellow metal in 1972, and another person bought a share of a productive company at the same price, and the two of them would be sitting on about the same amount of wealth today" I think the way to understand that i...

In the long run it probably doesn't matter whether you buy Gold Eagles, Buffalos, Maples, or Krugerrands.  Krugerrands sell for the lowest premium but when you go to sell, they fetch the lowest buy back price.  As I showed in my thread about online dealers, the buy/sell spread is about the same for ...

"Healthy whole grains" is pure marketing fiction, I now believe. As it is depicted on the front of cereal boxes and bags of chips, absolutely.  However the form of the grain makes all the difference.  A beneficial whole grain should be as close to it's non-pulverized form as possible.  As...

Before my research, I suspected that sugar was bad for you. Now I believe it is terrible. The big surprise was figuring out how awful grains--all of 'em, not just white flour--are. "Healthy whole grains" is pure marketing fiction, I now believe. I am also very into Omega-threes, and so we...

As I recall in reading about grains somewhere, the theory about them being bad for you is based upon the idea that grains trigger inflammation responses in humans just as something like poison ivy does, though in much more subtle ways. This defense mechanism is supposed to make us not want to eat t...

on the low carb diet.     Yes, low carb diets raise HDL and lower Triglycerides for everyone, not just diabetics.   No, they do not.   I tested Atkins and a couple of other low carb variations on myself, and my cholesterol numbers shot up to dangerously high levels.   My comment that “Yes, low carb...

Speaking as an academically-oriented animal physiologist, For some reason, I have found vets (or animal physiologists) to be very open minded.  They seem to have a little more horse sense (sorry, bad pun!) than most doctors I know.  You may want to check out Dr Bernstein's diabetes forum.  I've see...

I'm a longtime Boglehead.  A year ago I was concerned the ecomomy could possibly tip over into depression/hyperinflation.  So to hedge myself against either case, I kept my stock funds but started splitting up my cash savings into long term corp bonds and gold.  Then I discovered the PP postings on ...

EM2, Convincing a diabetic to ignore mainstream medicine is like convincing a boglehead that perhaps there is a better approach to investing than "the Boglehead way."  I try not to push my beliefs on anybody.  I may mention the PP to people but I don't press the issue if they aren't intere...

Why the ADA Really Opposes Low Carb Diets “While agreeing that carbohydrate restriction helps people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar, ADA spokesman Nathaniel G. Clark, MD, tells WebMD that the ADA does not recommend very low-carb diets because patients find them too restrictive. ‘We ...

I guess that is the kind of stuff that persuaded you. What baffles me is that Pharma goes against this. Insulin is off patent isn't it? I can show you a dozen studies similiar to this (and I do in my bullet paper).  In one of the main biochemistry texbooks used in medical schools, diabetes is defin...

Farmer D, I'm fascinated by your low carb cure for typeI diabetes. Why does pharma push whole grains? How does pharma gain? What does your doctor say about it? In all honesty, despite the opinion of the entire internal medicine department at Wilford Hall Medical Center, I think I'm a type 2 diabeti...

When I was younger I imagined that I would grow into a type of shared group rationality that I could enjoy with other mature people who had successfully purged their minds of dumb thoughts. What I have found instead is that life for many people is like peeling an onion made up of nothing but layer ...

On this other forum I frequent (you may have heard of it), there is a belief that stock returns will outpace all other asset classes forever. How f***ing stupid do you have to be to believe that? Has the world gone mad? Very frustrating. They are correct of course.  For example, From 1929 - 1932 yo...

In case anyone is interested, I see Doug casey is putting on a video cast on the current economic situation.  Lew Rockwell, Terry Coxon will also appear with Doug.


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Gee Storm,
Guess you missed the news that S & P upgraded US debt to AAAA+ last night.

Which specific article is it? Maybe I didn't write that clearly enough.  What I meant was I referred them to the appriopriate article that answered their question each time they called, so I actually had them read several of Craig's blog posts/FAQs.  Questions questions dealt with things like 1) Ho...

Recently I was able to get two friends interested in the PP.  Over the past two weeks I've gotten 5-6 phone calls from these people asking me to clarify certain points.  Outside of giving some pointers on how to buy gold, most of the time I just had to point out the appropriate article in Craig's bl...

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