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The last time the SNB carried out a similar measure, in October 1978 when a floor for the now-defunct deutschmark against the franc was introduced, inflation soared, peaking at over 7 percent in 1981. The Swiss abandoned the policy in 1982.

Source: 'Aggressive' Swiss National Bank Move Shakes Up Markets

Jim Rogers: Swiss Central Bank Move 'Huge Mistake'

Jim Rogers on S&P's downgrade of the US
Jim Rogers: Investors Were Aware of Downgrade Risk

This video is a bit long (26 min), but it's a very interesting debate:
CrossTalk ft. Jim Rogers: Euro Jitters

Jim Rogers talks about the world economy and the commodity markets on BBC HARDtalk (in 2 parts):
BBC HARDtalk - Jim Rogers - 17/5/2011 (Part 1/2)
BBC HARDtalk - Jim Rogers - 17/5/2011 (Part 2/2)

A U.S. court sentenced Bernard von NotHaus, private producer of the Liberty Dollar, to 15 years in prison and a fine of 250.000 $. Furthermore the company’s stock of gold valued at 7 million $ was confiscated.
The Freedom to strike Gold

"The bailout is what is on everyone's mind. And you know that the anger must be palpable if it fired up the usually sleepy world of Finnish politics."
The EU Crackup by Lew Rockwell