Topic: Energy

Economic Theory, Energy, Environmentalism

Climate Activism: An Ideology in Search of a Justification

– April 19, 2019

Environmental activists cling to the same stale policy prescriptions, no matter the situation. Only their rationale changes.

Energy

The First New Deal Ruined Energy Innovation

– February 15, 2019

We will never know for sure how much more quickly green-energy technologies might have developed if the New Deal had not squelched the sector by subsidizing its dirty alternative.

Energy

In Praise of Carbon Fuels

– January 17, 2019

Carbon-based fuels have powered modern economic growth – growth which is, by far, history’s greatest benefactor of humanity.

Energy, Environmentalism, Regulation

The Inconvenient Truth About the Green New Deal

– December 4, 2018

Nowhere has our public discourse failed us more egregiously than on the environment and climate change.

Currency, Energy, Gold Standard, International, Sound Money Project

Are Turkey and Iran Showing the Way…

– November 26, 2012

Loophole in Western Sanctions Allows Iran to Buy Gold in Turkey With Turkish Payments for Gas Imported From Iran

Energy, Inflation, International, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Panic in Persia as Hyperinflation Hits Iran

– November 8, 2012

An overview of Iran’s inflation problem

Energy, Inflation, International, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

What Will Benefit From Global Recession? The US Dollar

– October 9, 2012

Understanding the euro’s failure and Triffin’s Paradox helps us understand why the dollar will rise significantly in the years ahead.

Energy, International

Iran: Down, But Not Out

– September 27, 2012

Since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad first became President of Iran, in August 2005, the country’s economy has gone from bad to worse. Iran now ranks near the bottom

Central Banking, Currency, Energy, Gold Standard, Monetary Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Sound Money: Turkey’s Cure for Oil Dependence

– September 25, 2012

With so much havoc among European nations, Turkey has attracted headlines recently as Europe’s fastest growing economy and the remaining shining star of investment grade on the continent. Though, as CNBC reported, rising oil prices threaten the country …

Central Banking, Energy, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Money Project

Inflation at the Pump

– May 3, 2011

Here is an interesting article about the effect of inflation on your pain at the pump. The linked article by Mark Brandly, professor of economics at Ferris State University and an adjunct scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, shows the effects of …

Central Banking, Economic Education, Energy, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

“Rising Wholesale Prices Ring Inflation Alarm Bells” – CNNMoney

– March 16, 2011

“The sharp rise in oil prices is a major concern for economists. In a recent survey by CNNMoney, economists identified the oil spike as the biggest headwind facing the nation’s economic recovery. And some fear that unlike previous scares, higher prices …

Central Banking, Economic Education, Energy, Inflation, Sound Money Project

“To Avert Criticism, Fed Avoids Saying ‘Core'” – WSJ

– March 14, 2011

“Fed officials have for years cited “core inflation,” a measure that excludes food and energy prices. That is because core inflation tends to be a useful predictor of inflation over a couple of years, which they call the medium term, a period that is k …