Escape America Now – You’ve heard me mention the Cobin scale for Chilean Spanish in the past. If not, here’s an entry I posted on it – The Cobin Scale of Spanish Proficiency. For most of us, level 10 will be forever elusive. Unless we started studying Spanish at a young age, the learning curve ... Read More
Ooh, I just noticed that Airbnb lets hosts leave private feedback for me. How exciting! I wonder what they’ve been saying… … Oh dear. Hm. It seems that I could be better about communicating with my hosts. To be fair, I’ve been improving on that a lot lately, and – let’s be honest here – ... Read More
By Justin Spittler, Hard Assets Alliance Analyst With fear and volatility gripping the financial world, many investors find it puzzling that gold—history’s most trusted safe-haven asset—has yet to rebound. Following the Fed’s taper pump-fake and Obama’s appointment of Janet Yellen as the next Federal Reserve Chairman, the ingredients for higher gold prices are in place. ... Read More
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Escape America Now – I have written about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Treaty in an earlier entry. Chile already has good free trade agreements with all of the Pacific countries meeting to revamp and increase participation in the present Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty. Thus, it stands to gain little or nothing by ratifying a new or revised ... Read More
Radio Show Topic Special show from southern Italy, Dr. Cobin in the Chilean press, letters, populist pleas from Matthei and capturing the evangelical vote, slang words, central bank folly, news from Spain Radio Show Description Segment 1: Southern Italy; more taxes and regulation foreshadow the barter and subsistence economy to come in the ... Read More
Radio Show Topic Special show from southern Italy, Dr. Cobin in the Chilean press, letters, populist pleas from Matthei and capturing the evangelical vote, slang words, central bank folly, news from Spain Radio Show Description Segment 1: Southern Italy; more taxes and regulation foreshadow the barter and subsistence economy to come in the ... Read More
By Jeff Clark, Editor of BIG GOLD Gold is down nearly 25% year to date, and down nearly 35% since its September 5, 2011 high of $1,921. The downtrend has now exceeded two years. Hardly sounds like an asset in which you’d want to invest. But the core reasons for holding gold haven’t changed. How, ... Read More
Radio Show Topic Political and economic commentaries, developments and projects Radio Show Description Segment 1: Unemployment rate rises slightly to 5.8%, slang words, Chile still (relatively) the best place to live, Freedom Orchard in Curacaví & Santa Cruz (lower cost entry point). Segment 2: Low voter turnout (49.3%) esp. on the Right, businessmen sentiment survey, ... Read More
Radio Show Topic Political and economic commentaries, developments and projects Radio Show Description Segment 1: Unemployment rate rises slightly to 5.8%, slang words, Chile still (relatively) the best place to live, Freedom Orchard in Curacaví & Santa Cruz (lower cost entry point). Segment 2: Low voter turnout (49.3%) esp. on the Right, businessmen sentiment survey, ... Read More