Gold is no longer the “barbarous relic” that John Maynard Keynes, the famous economist, once described. In fact, it is now closer than it’s been in more than a half century to being perceived as “actual” money. And though it has risen in value 700 percent since 1999, it’s likely that it will go higher still as central banks do what central banks have never before done in the history of the world: attempt to steer the economy away from the brink by controlling the flow of money.

Click here to read the full analysis from financial expert and best-selling author Peter Warburton at LIGNET.com.