>>61174512
Because it is capital and not credit. They control the price because the credit system is all encompassing. But dilution, inflation, write offs and bankruptcies will be impacting credit investments, not capital ones. The woes plaguing the financial systems are a shortage of collateral/capital. Lower quality collateral (treasuries), and a lack of resources generally with increasingly unwilling trade partners not wanting to subsidize American consumption any longer. While America is importing a $700BN of goods in excess of what we export, we will never be wealthier. The trick is understanding that that arrangement is temporary and entirely defendant on foreigners. Real wealth is sustainable and requires the economic fundamentals of land, labor and materials to produce valuable goods and services. It involves real savings backed up by capital. All we have is credit and liquidity sloshing around. The service economy of selling craft beer and burgers to one another will not bode well against the manufacturing powerhouse that is the East. Our dollar supremacy on the global markets to enable consumption that makes us feel rich is not a fate that resides in our own hands.
What will revalue? The dollar. Gold payment will always command more purchasing power in the global market and the quality factor of gold will prevail.