To Nelson Bunker Hunt, the world was full of enemies. There was inflation. It was running as high as 13 percent in the 1970s, like a thief threatening to steal the family fortune earned by his father, H.L., in the oil fields of East Texas. There was Muammar Qaddafi and the American oil men who…

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Haunted by Inflation, He Snapped Up Silver at $2, Made a Fortune and Lost It
