THE END OF A SUPERCYCLE

by Egon von Greyerz In a world based on fake paper and fake electronic money as well as fake asset values, the real significance of gold has got lost. With endless credit expansion and money printing, all asset prices have …

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The cost of each iPhone at launch, adjusted for inflation

via zonination: Data came from this atrocity, which had truncated bars. I did the minimum for remixing, which was transforming it to proper coordinates. More reasons why bar chart baselines should always start at 0. https://flowingdata.com/2015/08/31/bar-chart-baselines-start-at-zero/ http://www.storytellingwithdata.com/blog/2012/09/bar-charts-must-have-zero-baseline https://chandoo.org/wp/start-your-bar-charts-from-zero/ Tools used: R and …

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Breaking: DOJ and DHS Issue New Asylum Rule

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/doj-and-dhs-issue-new-asylum-rule Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen today announced an Interim Final Rule declaring that those aliens who contravene a presidential suspension or limitation on entry into the United States through the southern …

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