Gold as an investment

RTC 1- Article 19: Lipsitz, “The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: Racialized Social Democracy” Article 19 in RTC discusses “possessive investment in whiteness”, but what does George Lipsitz mean by this phrase? First it is important to understand that the concept of race is a social construct, created to ensure and protect the rights of the European Americans ‘…because of realities created by slavery and segregation, by immigration restriction and Indian policy, by conquest and colonialism”…

“Rubbish removal” churning millions – ‘A food [or Rubbish] for thought’ The mere mortal ‘souls’ indulge themselves in chasing the rainbow driven by their vain untenable hope of ‘finding the pot of the gold, at the end of the rainbow’. Whereas, the enterprising souls are busy finding and scavenging other peoples ‘rubbish’ for much tenable and proven million-dollar churning empire. Am sure these enterprising souls, Daniel long and Rob Linton, the founders of Clearabee are all too happy in their…

The first quote I chose was, “I bought a dozen volumes on banking and credit and investment securities, and they stood on my shelf in red and gold like new money from the mint.” This quote is when Nick is explaining his house and talks about how he has books on the shelves on investments and other things. He says that they stood there like new money from the mint. The reason this is, is because he wishes to become rich on his own and make more money by himself. It also explains to us that he is…

authorites were to stifle any rise in the interest rate, price and output stability and to maintain the gold standard. The monetary authories did not pay much attention to the monetary policies which lead to the The Great Contraction which destroyed the economy. This prove to show that Keynesian was impotent to suggested that the depression was caused by collapsing of investment, shortage of investment opportunities and stubborn thriftiness. The author ridicules other economists about their…

improved to the point of telegraphs internationally, foreign investment in American markets. Soon enough, "The American market was the largest in the world," ( Brands 21). Brands then talks about the Erie Canal and the investments that took place, which segued way for the railroads. The railroads were all corrupt and brands does a good job on sharing specific examples of this, one being Vanderbilt and his rail empire. The railways lead to gold rushes which created boom towns and then later bust…

Olympics through the century's The Olympic games was created originally in ancient Greece hosted in Olympia from 776 BC to 393 AD it took about 1503 years for the Olympics to take place again. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. The Olympics started as a religious festival for Zeus at Olympia a ritual sanctuary site. All who competed where male and had the same language as well beliefs. Men would come from all over the Greek world from Spain to Turkey all…

independence it becomes relatively difficult to utilize Africa’s mineral resources to its own gain. This was as a result of the European renaissance and the trans-Atlantic slave trade that was characterised by the massive loss of African lives greatly in the Gold Coast. African who resisted to be involved in the slave trade were tortured and some were killed e.g. the battle of Waterberg in Namibia 1904 perhaps it is from these occurrences where we can conclude that colonialists are the powers…

The United States was found on October 12, 1492, and different historical moments changed the USA into the country it is today. The period of 1920-1990 brought many revolutions and it contains many historical moments. The stock market crashed, the gold standard was terminated, and the US economy boomed after World War II. All historical events have a positive or negative impact on the United States, and these events are described subsequently. (Wallach, 2010) Stock market crashes-1929 The…

GOLD STANDARDS Every day, more and more, it has become almost inevitable to not turn on the TV and hear nothing but the fact that the economy is taking a turn for the worse as the days pass by. One can’t help but presume—more likely assume—there be no light at the end of the tunnel. America, as a whole, all that she is comprised of, finds herself at what almost can be classified as tumultuous. And with the national economy being stagnant at most, the question of whether or not to reinstate the…

turmoil. And it goes without saying, they are anything but hesitant to bestow America’s foreseeable future as seen through their telescopic lens’. Despite the vanguard of “economic downfalls,” they and their devotees strongly believe reenactment of the Gold Standard will bring…