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On the Eve of the 2025Q4 Advance Release | Econbrowser Analysis of current economic conditions. Noah Smith: People still view gold as a safe haven in times of international uncertainty. He says an anarchic, gold-based international financial system will probably be inherently less stable. China is using its vast international fishing fleet as a sort of naval militia to press its claims on other countries waters. The fact that China is overfishing international waters for military and geopolitical reasons, rather than out of pure economic.