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Pundits and Prognosticators

michaelharrington wrote 1 day ago: Great graphic, reprinted from Charles Hugh Martin’s blog. The last pronouncement (#20 by FDR) … more →

Tags: guest blog, Quote, Central Banks, Creative Destruction, credit, Debt, deficits, Dollar, Economic Policy

Jim Kunstler: More funny talk from the Fed

ivymike1152 wrote 1 week ago: Latest from Jim: The theory all along has been that this $85 [billion] a month would seep down to Ma … more →

Tags: Financial shenanigans, Depression, federal reserve, Jim Kunstler, tbtf, Pomo, The Fed, Economic Collapse, hyperinflation

It's 1984.

michaelharrington wrote 1 week ago: Breaking News (from the Financial Times): G7 reaffirms commitment not to devalue currencies for dome … more →

Tags: Blog Entry, Central Banks, Currency depreciation, currency wars, Dollar, Fed policy, fiat currency, Fundamental Value, Interest Rates

It's déjà vu all over again

michaelharrington wrote 1 week ago: Quantitative easing, or what the Fed prefers to call long-term asset purchases, is supposed to stimu … more →

Tags: News Article, Capital, Central Banks, credit, Debt, deficits, Dollar, Economic Policy, Economics

Policies for the 1%

michaelharrington wrote 1 week ago: Some sobering statistics for those who believe in the monetary and fiscal policies of the “rec … more →

Tags: Blog Entry, Capital, Central Banks, credit, Debt, deficits, Dollar, Economic Policy, Economics

Meet Your Real Masters: The Monarchs of Money

Don Quijones wrote 1 week ago: One of the most important, albeit largely ignored, trends of recent years has been the rise to domin … more →

Tags: Sin categoria, central bankers, Financial Repression, Monarchs of Money, Neil MacDonald

Bitcoin. The People's Currency?

michaelharrington wrote 2 weeks ago: Politicians and their appointees are entirely cut out of Bitcoin’s monetary loop. This is a si … more →

Tags: News Article, Capital, Central Banks, credit, Debt, deficits, Dollar, Economics, Fed policy

It's Time to Fight the Fed21 comments

microfundy wrote 2 weeks ago: The charts you’ll see throughout this post were tweeted by several people who I follow on twit … more →

Tags: Hunt for yield, QE, FED, Macro

Traveling The Road to Serfdom

michaelharrington wrote 3 weeks ago: This, too, is an illusion. This post borrows from the famously titled book by Friedrich Hayek, The R … more →

Tags: Blog Entry, Capital, Central Banks, credit, Debt, Dollar, Economic Policy, Economics, Economy

Stockman Again

michaelharrington wrote 1 month ago:               This time he makes a bit of sense…excerpted f … more →

Tags: News Article, Central Banks, Creative Destruction, credit, Debt, deficits, Economic Policy, Economics, Economy

Review of Who Stole the American Dream by Hedrick Smith

michaelharrington wrote 1 month ago: Posted at Amazon: I wanted to give this book at least 2 stars in respect for Mr. Smith’s journ … more →

Tags: Capital, Cronyism, Economic Policy, Economics, Economy, Fed policy, Fiscal Policy, Globalization, Growth

A Policy of Insanity

michaelharrington wrote 1 month ago: Einstein said the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting … more →

Tags: News Article, Central Banks, Economic Policy, Economics, Economy, Fed policy, federal reserve, Growth, housing crisis

This Isn’t Your Grandfather’s Great Depression

gerold wrote 1 month ago: Reading time: 5,655 words, 16 pages, 13 to 23 minutes plus videos. This will be far worse than anyth … more →

Tags: collapse 2013, Economic Collapse, Attitude, Bank Holiday, Bank Runs, Central Banks, Derivatives, fiat currency, Gold

Jim Willie: ZIRP- The Death Knell

ace5ace wrote 1 month ago: Another public article from Jim Wille. This one may be a little more understandable, as he is not sp … more →

Tags: austerity, Financial, death, National, Willie, Jim, knell, Foundation

Where All Your Savings Go...

michaelharrington wrote 1 month ago: If Ernest could get it right… Ernest Hemingway once said “the first panacea for a misman … more →

Tags: Quote, Economic Policy, federal reserve, Economics, Politics, Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policy, Debt, credit

Central Banking is Now Central Planning?

michaelharrington wrote 1 month ago: Good review; from the WSJ: Milton Friedman correctly insisted that the role of central banks was to … more →

Tags: News Article, Economic Policy, federal reserve, Economics, Monetary Policy, Debt, credit, deficits, Dollar

Unsound Money Funds Unsound Ideas

michaelharrington wrote 1 month ago: Could it be that, for all our fighting over taxes and spending, it’s our reliance on fiat mone … more →

Tags: Economic Policy, federal reserve, Economics, Monetary Policy, Debt, credit, deficits, Keynesian, Dollar

Dividend Portfolio Final Results1 comment

Carl from Chicago wrote 2 months ago: Since interest rates are so low I didn’t want to just renew my CD bond “ladder” an … more →

Tags: Investing, Dividends, Fees and commissions, CDS

Bubble #3: The Stock Market1 comment

AWC wrote 2 months ago: My first job in California when I was 19 was at a Pic N’ Save making $4.25 an hour stocking sh … more →

Tags: personal economics, national debt, Economy, Socialism, taxes, federal reserve, Cronycapitalism, inflation, Government Tyranny


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