Written by Martin Armstrong – Former President of Princeton Economics
(Ed Note: 16 great pages of History – Future and Charts)
Gold has been one of the most misportrayed mediums of wealth since the 1970′s. Usually it has been marketed as the hedge against inflation during the good old days of the 1970′s and 1980′s. However, this has been a great misconception of the role gold truly plays. It is coming into its own and is still poised to rally to at least test the $3000 level if not much higher. But this portentious view harbors within a lot of correlations on a global scale that truly needs some in-depth understanding. Gold is not about to make such a rally without critical developments in government. Gold is not the hedge against “inflation” but against the “collapse in the confidence of government”. Government holds power only for as long as the people allow it. People are complacent and will not tolerate much. During the 1970′s and the days of OPEC, I will never forget a riot in Philadelphia of white middle class workers overturning cars and setting them on fire because people could not even get to work. There is a thin line between civilized conduct and a mob. When peop can no longer function in a basic way, holy hell breaks loose.