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He warns that the real danger to Americans comes from mounting debt and inflation, not foreign actors, and he again emphasizes why sound money and gold matter as hedges in a reckless fiscal environment.
Precious Metals Head for Weekly Losses as Economic Concerns Mount Gold prices fell below $5,100 an ounce on Friday, March 13, 2026, heading for a second consecutive weekly decline.
On Monday, Peter appeared on Global Gambit with host Pyotr Kurzin to discuss the latest in geopolitics.
International Man: The war with Iran is dominating the headlines, but what most people aren't considering is the economics of warfare and what it means in the bigger picture.
Under the Fed's superintendency of the nation's currency after it opened its doors for business in 1914, the purchasing power of the dollar has declined by 97%.
Food prices remain one of the most persistent cost pressures for households worldwide. In 2026, grocery bills are projected to rise sharply in some countries, while remaining relatively stable in others.
"What we really know is coming is a hyperinflationary reset," warns Eric Griffin, CEO of ITM Trading.
There Is Something That 9 Out Of 10 Americans Agree On – And Cold, Hard Economic Numbers Support That Belief
...you can't fund a world war on a gold standard
Inflation is an elusive term.
Inflation is an elusive term. In 1983, Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary defined Inflation as:
...and loss of confidence in the US dollar.. As gold's erratic little brother, silver's industrial use isn't why it matters.
An Old Receipt Proves That Grocery Prices Have More Than Tripled, And Consumer Bankruptcies Are Soaring
The American Dream Costs $5,043,323
The key takeaway is straightforward: in an environment defined by persistent fiscal deficits and ongoing monetary expansion, the denominator matters as much as the choice of asset.
Let me explain the problem (without being an alarmist). Because while social media thrives on stark takes, the reality is nuanced.
In a system dominated by Keynesian economics the word "deflation" is considered taboo; like saying Donald Trump's name out loud in a crowded Seattle yoga studio.
In a system dominated by Keynesian economics the word "deflation" is considered taboo; like saying Donald Trump's name out loud in a crowded Seattle yoga studio.
Perhaps it's just for convenience that most macroeconomics textbooks still teach and discuss monetary and banking policy as if the 2008 and 2020 changes never happened.
After switching to LED lighting, solar, wind, and every energy efficient thing you could imagine, how is it that our electric bills keep going up??
It's not elegant, it's not moral, but it's historically reliable and gets politicians and bankers off the hook of taking actual responsibility - so of course it's the easy choice.
...technocratic jargon cannot obscure the simple truth: we have built an economic system requiring perpetual monetary expansion to avoid collapse...
We sat down with Dr. Dr. Kirk Elliott to break down the twin disasters forming in America's economy:
Thanks to rampant inflation, socialism - and the poverty it inevitably brings - could soon become irreversibly entrenched in the United States, just as it has in numerous Third World countries.
Borrowing more to maintain spending is hanging on by one's fingernails, not middle-class security.
So what is going to happen to our standard of living if these trends continue to intensify during the months ahead?
Prime Minister tries to reassure markets 21.3 trillion yen spending package is sustainable, prudent and non-inflationary
Imagine earning $100 in January, only to have it buy less than $80 worth of goods or services by December. That's how fast inflation is eating away at purchasing power in some countries.
The middle class in the United States is being systematically destroyed. I know that this may sound like an obvious statement to many of you, but when I first started writing about this more than a decade ago it wasn't an obvious statement.
America is on the cusp of the most power-hungry decade in a generation.
