2026 will likely be the year when we will start to see serious flaws, with the pure fiat global monetary system exposed. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A few years ago I wrote a piece, for Public Discourse, called “Montesquieu and the Monetary System.” It discussed our having fiat ...

Why does your money lose value year after year? The debt-based monetary system is the answer. By creating money through loans ...

The modern monetary system, built on fiat money, has weak foundations similar to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, risking economic instability and collapse. Historical debasement practices, like those of ...

Why are central banks looking at blockchains? Central banks are tiptoeing into the world of blockchain not because it is fashionable but because every part of the money-making machine, from settlement ...

Sanford Mann offers insights into gold and silver investments and the precious metals industry and is the CEO of American Hartford Gold. In an era where the U.S. national debt has surpassed a ...

The past week has seen the Trump Administration upending US support for two critical facets of the post-war international order: the rules-based arrangements for international trade and the Western ...

It is an article of faith in mainstream economics that an economy cannot grow without a growing money supply. Yet, that is a ...

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) unveiled a new vision for the future of the global monetary and financial system, centered on a tokenized unified ledger. This innovative framework aims to ...

PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s reelection as the president of the United States in November 2024 has triggered broad unease over the future direction of the international monetary system, as it signaled ...

It would safeguard monetary stability, fend off private payment monopolies, and stand as a potent symbol of European unity The digital euro project has a simple motivation: to ensure that people in a ...

For 40 years, International Monetary Systems, dba IMS Barter, in New Berlin has helped tens of thousands of companies large and small across the country save cash, increase sales and attract new ...