This collection of articles recently culled from the internet is appended as reference material serving to expand upon Bedrock's free market working premises.

No assumption should be inferred that the authors would approve the Bedrock mission. (Conversely, Bedrock does not unquestioningly endorse the authors.) Most items are copyrighted, but are here reproduced without special permission. (Should any author object, they will be instantly removed.)

Yellow highlights have been added by Jonathan Carriel, along with interpolated comments [enclosed in square brackets].

Present and Future

George F. Smith on the victory of technology: The case for optimism

Doug Casey on geopolitics: A frank consideration of the current global economic and political situation

Daniel McAdams on the US Anti-TikTok Legislation

John & Nisha Whitehead on Kill Switches

Privacy

Glenn Greenwald on Why Privacy Matters: It’s a human need

Jonathan Carriel on Privacy vs. Convenience: Why make a fuss?

A Kitco news article that shows the danger of CBDCs: There’s a hidden agenda

Jonathan Carriel, In Defense of the Private Web — Key to a Non-Totalitarian Future

"El gato malo" on The Road Back from Serfdom

Jonathan Carriel analyzes a Wired article that epitomizes Demonization of the Private Web

Economy and Money

Doug Casey on Aristotle’s Basics of Money

Doug Casey on Gold: Why gold’s valuation has stagnated

Alasdair Macleod on A Better Banking System

Murray Rothbard on Gold -- By Lew Rockwell, with comments by Jonathan Carriel

Kyle Johnson on Current Prospects for Gold

News Article on the Tokenization of Real-World Assets

News Article on Swarm Markets' New Gold NFT

Cryptocurrency: A Debate

1) Nick Giambruno on Bitcoin

2) David Stockman on Cryptocurrencies

3) Alasdair Macleod on The Psychology of Money

4) Doug Casey Defends Bitcoin!

Government and Money

George F. Smith on The State’s Best-Kept Secret

Matt Taibbi on The Crypto Crash of 2022

Jeff Thomas on Disappearing Tax Havens

Jonathan Carriel, Two Recommended Books on Private Governance

Jonathan Carriel on The Sad Story of e-gold

Jonathan Carriel on The US Gold Confiscation of 1933

Pitfalls of Bullion Investing

BullionVault Co. on the Dangers of Unallocated Bullion

News Article on The Incidence of Counterfeit Bullion

News Article on Available Methods to Verify Bullion