Housing

Free Article 2 (Nov. 23, 2025): The End of Forever-Debt: Why 50-Year Mortgages Cannot Exist in a Hard-Money Economy

A clear, practical explanation of why ultra-long mortgages (40–50 years) are only possible in a fiat system where money can be endlessly created. This article breaks down how inflation subsidizes lenders, how credit distorts home prices, how risk is hidden in securitization, and why a Bitcoin standard forces mortgages to shrink back into reality — shorter, saner, and actually payable within a working lifetime.

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Free Article 2 (Nov. 22, 2025): Imagining Mortgages in a Bitcoin Standard

A practical, near-future exploration of how mortgages would evolve under a Bitcoin standard. This article explains why ultra-long loans collapse, why price discovery resets, how lenders protect themselves without inflation, how communities reclaim credit, and how home ownership becomes more attainable—not less—in a hard-money world.

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Letter to the Editor: Broken Money, Broken Homes

Scripture says, “Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord” (Proverbs 20:10). An “abomination” is a “disgusting thing.” In Biblical times, a dishonest scale cheated the buyer or the seller. Today, our dishonest scales are hidden in how our money is created and managed. When new money is printed, added to a bank ledger, or borrowed into existence, the first to receive it benefits, while everyone else bears the cost later through higher prices.

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