While I can still buy a flat panel tv using dollars at my local dealer, I sincerely doubt they'll accept cow's ears in trade (not even if it's pickled!)
Latin America, as well as parts of Europe, has been leaning "left" for the last few years. This bodes well for gold since that group favors environmental restrictions on gold mining. In Romania, for example, some ancient communities sitting on gold deposits refuses to be bought out by mining interests, and the government there doesn't seem to be taking sides. This only helps limit supplies and forces the existing above ground gold prices to rise even further.
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