Oil a load of nonsense
by“The media select, they interpret, they emotionalize and they create facts.. The media not only reduce reality by lowering information density. They focus reality…
Mises.org: Brazil’s Easy-Money Problem
byBy Lucas Vaz, source: https://mises.org/library/brazils-easy-money-problem Brazil is undergoing what is considered its worst economic crisis in seventy years, and there is usually no agreement when…
Emerging Markets Fear Yellen, But Need To Keep Their Eye On Draghi
byMr. Steil is director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. Ms. Smith is an analyst at the Council. President of the European…
Out of the mouths of babes….
byParents will tell you the most difficult questions to answer sometimes come from their children. Here are some apparently innocent questions to ask of…
The Bull Market in Stocks May Be Done
byIt has come to my attention that, perhaps, the great stock bull market is done. To most people, a bull market is good, and…
David Stockman: The Warmongers’ Brawl——How The GOP Is Deserting Free Markets, Sound Money And Fiscal Rectitude
bySource: http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/the-warmongers-brawl-how-the-gop-is-deserting-free-markets-sound-money-and-fiscal-rectitude/ According to Dante’s Divine Comedy the inscription on the gates to hell says, “Abandon hope all ye who enter here”. That phrase should…
Bear necessities
by“At first sign of crisis, the ignorant don’t panic because they don’t know what’s going on. Then later they panic precisely because they don’t…
James Turk, John Butler, and Alasdair Macleod on the outlook for 2016
byOn Wednesday, 13th January, James Turk interviewed Cobden Centre contributors John Butler, head of GoldMoney’s wealth services, and Alasdair Macleod, head of GoldMoney’s research,…
Ted Cruz Has The Best Idea In The Presidential Debate: A Return To The Gold Standard
byThe LA Times’s Michael Hiltzik recently wrote a column slamming the GOP field in general and one of the two front-runners, Ted Cruz, in…
Austrians get (some) mainstream credibility
byWell, well: who would have believed it. First the Bank for International Settlements comes out with a paper that links credit booms to the…