Perhaps no single number more fully embodies the essence of the rhythmic fluctuations which characterize human affairs than that of the number 30. Its significance to the realms of finance, economics, physics, mathematics, astronomy, and religion is integral to a full comprehension of each field, and almost mystical in its import.
In economics and socio-political affairs the number 30 also takes on a special importance. Major periods of economic growth and technological progress tend to occur in 30 year cycles. A definite 30-year cycle can be recognized in U.S. economic history going back as far as 1864, the end of a major economic depression in the U.S. (a period which culminated in the War Between the States). The next 30-year cycle bottom occurred in 1894, which marked a period of rapid innovation and the transition between an agrarian economy and an industrial one. The next 30-year cycle bottom occurred in 1924, which led to the explosive economic growth of the “Roaring ’20s” and culminating in the Great Crash of 1929. The subsequent bottoms in the 30-year cycle came in 1954 and 1984, with the next 30-year cycle bottom due in 2014.
This “article” is completely without merit. Anyone can see patterns if they look hard enough. Since this is clearly designed to get suckers to invest in gold against the coming apocalypse, it is completely without credibility!
Yawn! EVERY number has special significance, major influence in physics, culture, etc. Read “Number Freak” by Derrick Niederman. Covers numbers 1 to 200.
Isn’t 30 the usual number of suspected terrorist?
I like 69!
And every month has 30 days. Except the ones that have 31. And February, which is evil.
George bush and Cheney are responsible for February.
How magical.
If I had to pick a symbolic number for sheeple to worship, it would be zero.
Everybody knows the answer to everything is 42.
#8 Cute.
The article is almost a sociogram of 30, like 30’s facebook page. Well it seems to know 12, 360, 60, and 3. Maybe it’s in charge!!!
Here is a much better article on secret cycles
I think the goldbug guy from the article is a nutter, but this stuff is acknowledged by some big money investors. Of course, the markets do go into the crapper rather often…
And I thought the only important number was 23.
All you have to do is buy into the notion that this cycle repeats exactly as stated in the premise.
But business was lower in 1957, not 1955. And 18 months earlier than the 1984 figure, for example.
When the premise is %$#@!ed, everything that flows from it is %$#@!ed.
But we will all be dead in 2012, so what’s the point.