Economics and Investing:

Doug Casey Answers The Hard Questions About Hard Times

The latest economics animation by Omid Malekan is great: Inflation Explained. (The closing line was priceless: “In a world where cartoon bears on YouTube are the most reliable source of information, anything is possible.”)

A bit of confirmation for one of my predictions in 2005 that was then called “alarmist”: No Rise in Home Prices until 2020: Bankers

Items from The Economatrix:

“Massive Jobs Shortfall” Predicted For Global Economy

Fed Dissenter Says Latest Step Won’t Help The Economy

Cash Is King No More, Gold Reigns

Financial “Cataclysm” To Come; Gold To Unimaginable Levels