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Gold Standard University was started on the Internet by Antal E. Fekete, Professor Emeritus, Memorial
University of Newfoundland in the Summer of 2002. Now it will go
‘live’. The host institute is MARTINEUM ,
an institute of
Higher Adult Education. The program is in two parts: (1)
intensive instruction taking up the first week; and (2) an optional
recreational program and sight-seeing during the second week that is
available for interested participants. The first week of scientific program
consists of one of the following four courses of 13 lectures each:
Monetary
Economics 101: The Real Bills Doctrine of Adam Smith
Monetary
Economics 102: Gold and Interest
Monetary
Economics 201: The Bill Market and the Discount Rate
Monetary
Economics 202: The Bond Market and the rate of Interest
The 100 level courses are independent of each other. The 200 level
courses have prerequisites as follows: 101 is
prerequisite for 201 and 102 for 202. Some of the lectures of the 100 level
courses are available, free of charge, on the Internet, see, e.g., www.goldisfreedom.com, www.gold-eagle.com, www.financialsense.com, www.24hGold.com.
The inaugural session is scheduled for the week of February 14, 2007,
at which time the course Gold and Interest will be offered. Gold Standard
University Live will continue on the
premises of MARTINEUM, in Szombathely,
Hungary.
Further sessions will be announced later depending on interest, up to one
session per month. They will have the same format: one week of intensive
instruction covering one of the above four courses in thirteen lectures,
followed by an optional second week of recreation.
Gold Standard University Live is seeking
accreditation from the Hungarian Board for Higher Adult Education. Accreditation
is expected in 2007. Those participants who have completed the four courses
will get a certificate confirming this.
Martineum offers a full range of
guest services, including private rooms, double rooms, dorms, and meal
services. Breakfast is included in the room charge; other meals are
‘pay as you go’. Lecture rooms are on the premises. Language of
instruction is English. Send your inquiry about the combined registration and
tuition fee, including room and breakfast for seven days for the one-week
academic program. Charge for the optional second-week of recreation and
sight-seeing is additional. Participants pay their own fare to and from Szombathely.
Nearest international airport is Graz, Austria, about 75 miles from Szombathely to the South-West. Other
international airports serving Szombathely
are: Vienna, Austria,
about 100 miles to the North-West; and Budapest,
Hungary,
about 175 miles to the North-East. From all three cities direct train
services to Szombathely
are available.
Szombathely is the capital
city of Vas County in Hungary. If you would like to
learn more about that part of world, please look up
where you will find well-written and well-illustrated information in
English on the local population, culture, history, economy, and geography.
Pre-registration is available at a non-refundable fee of $25 per
person which, however, will be counted towards the registration and tuition
fee. Contact GSUL@t-online.hu for details.
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