Is this the calculus: negative interest rates = $4000 gold? ----- read on.....

Forget 'The Great Moderation', This Is 'The Great Intellectual Failure' | Zero Hedge

Comment:  To function, a democracy needs a learned, engaged populace.  What do the present frontrunners Trump and Sanders tell us about our political and financial "literacy".................

Hint:  Trump (no policies, check it out on his web site, he begins with finger pointing:  "How We Got Here: Washington Politicians Let China Off The Hook", no Donald, not even close).  And then we have Bernie "Feel the Burn" Sanders (imagines everything should be free and doesn't know that socialism is a proven failure).

Both pander to ignorance, both are "on the rise."  And "generating excitement."  God help us.

There is no candidate on the scene who is even touching on the continued insolvency/soon-to-be bankruptcy of the USA, our no. 1 problem.  That came and went with Ron Paul.  We had a patriot among us;  few knew.

Ignorance reigns.  God help us.....