Economics and Investing:

Boosters suggested a 2009 documentary that is now available free on YouTube: Why Gold & Silver?. This is a great video that features commentary from experts like Mike Maloney, Robert Kiyosaki, Congressman Ron Paul, David Morgan, Jason Hommel, James Turk, Bill Murphy, and even the irascible Mogambo Guru (Richard Daughty). BTW, this is a great video link to send to your relatives who scoff at hedging into precious metals and other tangibles.

David D. liked this piece by Paul Krugman: Making Things in America

Our friend Kevin S, sent this from Lew Rockwell’s site: Libertarianism versus Statism

Also from Kevin comes the latest from the French LEAP think tank: Global systemic crisis – Confirmation of a Major Alert for the second half of 2011 – Explosive fusion of world geopolitical dislocation and the global economic and financial crisis

Items from The Economatrix:

Regulators Shut Two Banks in Georgia; 42 Shuttered This Year

Prices at Gas Pump Painful for 1 in 4 Americans

Unemployment Falls in Three-Quarters of US States