High Tech Guru George Gilder Demolishes A Critical Myth About The Gold Standard
byWhat if the gold standard is not an antique but, rather, a “timeless classic” (as termed in a speech by Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann in September…
Economic Summit in Jackson Hole, WY to Feature High Profile Speakers from Around the World
byPress Release from The American Principles Project August conference to challenge Federal Reserve policy head on: are Central Banks the problem or the solution?…
Rigged
by“One woman, who declined to give her name but said she is almost 80, invested RMB 20,000 ($3,200) when the market was at 5,000…
We Will All Go Down Together
bySource: http://truesinews.com/2015/07/09/we-will-all-go-down-together/ When we last wrote, some brave analyst at a Chinese brokerage was making headlines by talking of there being at least another…
Acropolis Now, Again
byIt goes without saying that you pick up any newspaper or journal of late and one is bombarded with how Grexit and contagion risk…
Stockman: Why China’s Market Isn’t Fixed And The Global Bubble Will Keep Imploding
bySource: http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/why-chinas-market-isnt-fixed-and-the-global-bubble-will-keep-imploding/ China’s stock market is purportedly all fixed and Thursday’s 6% bounce is just the beginning. Indeed, Goldman Sachs has already reiterated that the whole thing…
Productivity misconceptions
byIn the media warm-up for Wednesday’s UK budget, we were told of Britain’s poor productivity and Chancellor Osborne subsequently confirmed that his priority is…
THERE’S Your Hyperinflation!
byHyperinflation is commonly defined as rapidly rising prices which get out of control. For example, the Wikipedia entry begins, “In economics, hyperinflation occurs when…
Bull in a China shock
by“No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich.” – Lord Overstone. History, wrote John W. Campbell Jr., doesn’t always repeat itself. Sometimes…
Should Greece loosen its fiscal and monetary stance?
byThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirmed that Greece had not made its scheduled 1.6 billion euro loan repayment to the fund. As a result…