Central banks have been buying bullion at a record clip because holding dollars has become a losing proposition
In the German writer Ernst Junger’s macabre vignette ‘Violet Endives’, a man walks into a gourmet shop where the salesman speaks in matter-of-fact fashion about the delicacies on display – human flesh – and embarks upon a long explanation about the art of preparation. The story is a commentary on a society that accepts the appalling with barely the blink of an eye.
Far less ghastly but displaying a similar business-as-usual spirit has been the establishment reaction to the massive surge in gold prices in the last couple of years…
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