Tag Archives: gold
Weekly Roundup 002
Sometimes it’s better not to know too much about a person, the same is true about companies. This week has been very domesticated. Shares I started to think about the company that did the capital raising last week and I … Continue reading
A History of Debt: David Graeber’s Four Ages
(1450 words) Standing back from a big, highly detailed painting usually allows us to understand it better. Trying to understand the current monetary system, it’s been interesting to read and listen to the anthropologist and anarchist David Graeber talk about … Continue reading
Gold is Malleable
A Japanese craftsman can beat an ounce of gold into a sheet thin enough for light to pass through and covering an area of nine square meters. It is not possible to do this with any other metal. Gold … Continue reading
In the Name of Rome – Review
970 words I read Adrian Goldsworthy’s biography of Caesar a while ago and was impressed by his writing style and the type of information he conveyed. So I chose another of his books for some holiday reading. I’m reviewing it … Continue reading
Gold Myths 1: You Can’t Eat Gold
People who argue against investing in gold often sum up their reasoning with this falsehood. They then sit back with a smug grin as if it made some sort of sense. By ‘eating’ I think they mean ‘put into productive … Continue reading