I hosted an "unconference," where attendees themselves provide the content, and people decide which of three simultaneous discussions, each held in its own ballroom, they're like to attend.
The slots filled up just like that, and the topics were astonishingly varied and very interesting, sharing in common only this: how to survive and even thrive under a hostile regime. In other words, practical rather than theoretical:
And then me (on right) with my business partner, Paul Counts:
And here is my audience listening to Jeff Deist (we did have standard talks on Friday night), formerly of the Mises Institute and now with Monetary Metals:
Most people reading this are fans of Jeff, as am I, and indeed Jeff is so cherished a friend that he was a groomsman at my wedding.
And here is the difference between theoretical and practical.
Theoretical: Here is how the Federal Reserve shrinks the purchasing power of your money. Practical: Here is what you can do to shield yourself against it.
Both are necessary. For years Jeff (who also served as Ron Paul's chief of staff) focused on the theoretical side, helping to educate Americans about what was happening to their money.
Now he's focused on helping people protect themselves against the vultures who are doing this to us.
I rather suspect that people who read what I write every day could use a healthy dose of both.
So today, instead of sending you a treatise on the Fed, I'm telling you what I myself do.
Yes, I own some gold and silver, but that isn't enough. Monetary Metals, Jeff's company, pays you interest on your silver and gold, in silver and gold. So if you're going to own silver and gold anyway, why not earn with it? Put it to work, doggone it! That's why I've had an account there for two years.
Their latest silver bond actually pays accredited investors a very nice 12% annual return, in silver.
I can report doom and gloom to you every day, or I can offer solutions. Today it's a solution. This is how I've been holding on to the value of my own wealth, so I thought you might like to know about it.
In Argentina, Javier Milei just recorded the first week of zero food-price inflation in 30 years. That's a country going in the right direction.
As for us, we'll need to take matters into our own hands and guard what we've earned.
