Middle Eastern Kleptocrats Demand Gold
March 01, 2011 at 00:54 AM EST
Retail investors aren’t alone in their flight from unstable currencies to precious metals. Dictators in the notoriously unstable Middle East know the value of gold all too well. They place such esteem in gold as a store of value that they’re willing to rely upon it as a ticket out of a crumbling regime. Zine [...]