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Then again, who wants a government run gold standard anyway?
READ MOREIf an inflation tax falls in the forest, and not one in a million understand it, does it make a sound?[1] According to a recent news report by Reuters, “President Barack Obama called on Monday for new spending to boost growth and higher taxes on the ri …
READ MOREThe received wisdom in economic history places much of the blame for the Great Depression squarely on the shoulders of the gold standard. For instance, Berkley economist Barry Eichengreen states, “Far from being synonymous with stability, the gold stan …
READ MORETo follow the development of the Euro crisis it sometimes feels like watching a slow motion movie where we know the final result, but we don’t know how is it going to be played out. News and uncertainty, again, about the future of the Euro and a potent …
READ MORELargest Central Banks Now Hold Over 15 Trillion in Fictitious Capital By Russ Winter01/27/2012 I could not help noticing that China’s imports from Japan fell 16.2pc in December. Imports from Taiwan fell 6.2pc. The strong yen strikes again: Honda decide …
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Remember, you still need to pull the parachute ripcord even if your altimeter is broken.
READ MOREby Tim Kelly A silver lining of the global economic crisis is that millions of people have been awakened to the importance of sound money to a modern economy. The housing bubble and subsequent bust, excessive leveraging, reckless speculation, and the s …
READ MOREOther than Germany and France the European countries seem to be in a holding pattern following the agreements between Germany and France. These two countries seem to be driving the crisis and the future of the Euro. After saving the Euro more than once …
READ MOREChina’s banks use gold as legal currency A prominent economist says that China’s economic importance is growing strong and steady that the ailing US and EU economies will exchange their gold reserves for Beijing’s financial bailouts. G-20 leaders are f …
READ MOREWorld leaders probably spent more time worrying about the eurozone crisis than anything else in 2011. And that was in the year that featured the Arab Spring, the Japanese tsunami and the death of Osama Bin Laden. What’s more, 2012 looks set to be not m …
READ MOREThe election of Spain’s new President of Government, Mariano Rajoy, has produced quite a few expectations. His plan seems to go against the tide on some focal points regarding the problems of the European Crisis. Rajoy’s government has been described a …
READ MOREA few days ago, Paul Krugman defended the position that “Friedrich Hayek is not an important figure in the history of macroeconomics.” This triggered quite a few reactions (here, here, here, here and here). Anyone familiar with the general aspects on t …
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