How do you feel about the other perspective on this situation? See what you've explained is a worldly view of the jubilee and shemitah, but if you believe in the bible this does not mean doom and gloom. The jubilee year is the year of restoration and debt repayment. all possessions being given back. So you have two options to choose which you will believe. If you look at invetment opportunities like iraq, vietnam, iran .... these are huge upcoming economies that are gold backed, so yes gold might be "the safest bet" or something that is backed by gold! To just blindly live in fear without doing any kind of investigation is just silly.