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Money and gold

Posted April 29th, 2009 by Durwin Foster in economy

Hello there:

In a recent Facebook post, Robb Smith suggested that people buy gold as a hedge against some nasty economic surprises he thought were coming.  I'd really be interested in some learning and guidance around money, the future of money/wealth, integral financial planning, and so forth.  It seems to me that the integral economics/finance issue goes hand and glove with the environmental/social initiative undertaken in the State of the World Forum project that I-Life is engaging with.  We need a triple bottom line focus, in other words: financial, social, environmental.

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Durwin

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Reference for you

Posted April 29th, 2009 by Robb Smith

Hi Durwin -

I spent some time hunting down a relatively user-friendly and deeply credible article that will explain why I wrote that on Facebook.  I believe as many do that the USD is toast and that hyperinflation is on its way.  To compensate I continue to move part of my portfolio into hard assets that hedge inflation, including gold and real estate (borrow now, on long-term fixed rates).  I will remain in US healthcare for a while, too (until the Administration makes it unprofitable) and am ready to get out of any and all variable interest rate debt as soon as interest rates start moving up to reflect the weakness of the dollar.  Here's the article.

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thanks for this

Posted May 24th, 2009 by Durwin Foster in response to Reference for you

Hi Robb:

Thanks for this very insight.  I will print and read this article (and act! -- once I check with my wife, of course :). 

I am assuming that if USD is toast, then CAD is also toast, but perhaps this is not the case?  We have had no bank failures up here.  However, our economies are so highly interlinked, I can't imagine the USD tanking without ours tanking as well!

There is a presentation by Julian Gonzalez on Integral Money at the Integral salon in Vancouver tomorrow.  We ought to videorecord these things and see about how to distribute these understandings more widely! 

Yours,

Durwin

 

 

 

 

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Eco-Social Market

Posted May 4th, 2009 by Angela Rizner

I am totally into this, and am actually working on my MA Thesis in Integral Theory looking at the complexity of this problem.  Recently, I came across James Quilligan's work, which from my perspective clearly articulates the main jugulars of the systemic issues involved here.  The website with very many resources is Global Marshall Plan.  Cheers! 

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Thanks, Angela

Posted May 24th, 2009 by Durwin Foster in response to Eco-Social Market

have recorded the website you recommended--

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Gold is everything

Posted July 19th, 2009 by rica dizon

Gold is beautiful and valuable primarily because a lot of people believe it is due to its rare properties. It's is a cultural phenomenon. 
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Yin and Yang

Posted August 12th, 2009 by mio amor

Money is a tool that can be used to pursue your goals and secure your future. Used unwisely, money can make you a slave to debt.   While that of a gold, it's like a treasure that you are to sell to turn it into cash for use. 
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