Tag Archives: Gold

The End of Cash?

A headline from Yahoo Finance article reads, Notes From the WEF: Cash Is Dead, Long Live Digital Cash.  Consensus is building on one issue at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland: Cash is dead. “Physical money is out,” said B.S. Kohli, an economic advisor to the head of the Indian state of Punjab. Mothanna Gharaibeh, […]

Gold/Silver and their Importance for an Economy and an Individual

Gold bar

Price of gold (and silver) is going up recently. The price of gold has risen from under 40,000 rupees per 10 gram to 54,000 rupees in these few months time. Internationally also price of an ounce of gold has breached historic US$2000 level. What is driving prices of gold and silver higher in India and […]

What Should Rational Indian Savers Do?

The World Bank and IMF consider India to be among the fastest growing world economies. Recently India humiliated Pakistan by invading its airspace. Also, India became one of the rare countries capable of destroying low-orbit satellites. India is on its way to becoming the most populated country. It already has more youth than any other […]

J B. Say and Today’s Fiat Paper Money Standard

What is money? What are the qualities of money? Is the note of rupee, that you hold in your hand daily, money? What is wrong with today’s fiat paper monetary system which is in the root of our problems of inflation, business cycles, government’s reckless spending and ballooning fiscal deficits, central bankers’ enabled nation state […]