You Can’t Eat Gold
The great rush to find a safe haven for financial investments has led many supposedly savy citizens, to put their money into gold. This has caused the value of the precious metal to soar, touching $1,800 an ounce at the time of writing, giving investors a sense of security that their money is safe and likely to hold its value.
However, in a world undergoing seismic socio economic and environmental convulsions that are growing by the day, gold may not prove to be the solution to our future security that many are hoping for. (more…)