Mallaby knives Greenspan following gold comments
Contributed by: Sprott Money News
December 5th, 2016
Two years ago, Alan Greenspan humiliated America’s financial and political establishment by publicly highlighting the US dollar’s secondary role. "Gold is a currency,” Greenspan said, at a Council on Foreign Relations conference. “No fiat currency, including the (US) dollar, can match it."
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So far 9 of the 16 'big' ones have been named...
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Secretary of Defense
Gen. James Mattis
Retired Marine general
There’s a lot to be worried about going into 2017 both in terms of financial markets and in terms of geopolitical concerns.
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John Kerry admitted that the United States gives Israel more than half of the aid that we give “to the entire world,” but Israel doesn’t pay attention to anything the U.S. says. Kerry: Every president, Republican and Democrat, has been opposed to settlements – we issue a warning today when we see a new settlement announced. Nothing happens. It’s ignored, a new settlement goes up. New units, new sales. So the issue — Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg: You’re describing a situation in which you have zero leverage.