Avoiding the Issue
byIn the wake of the so-called ‘Panama Papers’ furore, the push-button issue of the One Percent being found able – OH! THE HORROR! –…
Zero Hedge: What The Market Thinks Are The Biggest “Tail Risks” Right Now
byWhen BofA’s Michael Hartnett releases his monthly Fund Managers’ Survey, the one chart we always focus on is the one showing what the “smart…
Time to be bullish
by“We don’t see a recession coming in the United States.” Abby Joseph Cohen in a recent Bloomberg interview. US corporate profits are experiencing…
Quantitative to qualitative – is unelected nationalisation next?
byLast year, in a paper entitled The Stock Market Crash Really Did Cause the Great Recession – Roger Farmer of UCLA argued that the…
Interest rates and gold
byIt is commonly assumed that the gold price and interest rates move in opposite directions. In other words, a tendency towards higher interest rates…
David Stockman: Yelling ‘Stay’ In A Burning Theater—–Yellen Ignites Another Robo-Trader Spasm
bySimple Janet has attained a new milestone as a public menace with her speech to the Economic Club of New York. It amounted to yelling “stay” in a burning theater!…
The triumph of the invisible hand
by“By virtue of exchange, one man’s prosperity is beneficial to all others.” Frédéric Bastiat. It remains one of the most powerful metaphors in…
Mises.org: And So It Begins… Negative Interest Rates Trickle Down in Japan
byThe negative interest rates imposed by the Bank of Japan have begun to make their way into the Japanese banking system. Japanese trust banks…
Benn Steil: Why is Paul Krugman Still Calling for Fiscal Stimulus?
byNobel economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is fond of mocking his critics for being ideologues rather than economists. In contrast, Krugman’s…
Eugen Böhm von Bawerk: OPEC’s Doha Dilemma: 3mb/d US lock in?
byAnother month, another flight to Hamad international airport for 17th April after initial agreement to hold ‘upstream horses’ in February 2016. While it’s no…