Thanks for your reply. By way of answer I should first explain a little about my position. The key difference between public and private endeavours is the inclusion of force. The use of force is prohibited

Is there a way I can access a long-term graph of the volatility of US bond prices?

A great book on the history of the federal reserve is 'The creature from Jekyll Island' by G. Edward Griffin, for anyone interested in further information.

Good article. With regard to your example asset allocation, strictly for wealth protection purposes rather than to make capital gains, I would personally put a small percentage in precious metals.

I would create a second human civilisation in alpha centauri with no knowledge of us, and make them believe they had evolved there. I would make it so that they would immediately discover/make contact

In the UK in about 2012-13 the BBC aired an episode of the Horizon series about the effects of fasting entitled 'Eat, Fast and Live Longer'. Since then, the 5-2 Diet has become very popular in the UK.