Dangerous Monetary Manipulations and Fiscal Follies
byBack in the 1960s, Everett Dirksen (1896-1969) served as the Republican Party minority leader in the U.S. Senate. One of his famous lines about…
Biden’s economic stimulus plan an obstacle to US economic fundamentals
byBy Dr Frank Shostak On March 11, 2021, the US President Biden introduced his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus plan. The President also announced a…
Monetary policy transparency, the monetary bubble and the likely economic bust ahead
byBy Dr Frank Shostak In an interview with National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” program on Thursday March 25 2021, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said…
Why loose monetary policies cannot set real economic growth?
byBy Dr Frank Shostak Between January 1970 and December 2020 on average changes in money supply preceded by 14 months changes in real economic…
Say’s law and the destruction of savings
byThis article explains the fundamental mistake behind Keynes’s General Theory, the vade mecum for all macro and mathematical economists today. It is no exaggeration…
To End Budget Deficits, Restrict Political Pickpockets
byGovernment spending is out of control. In March 2021, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected that federal government spending in fiscal year 2021 (which began on…
Real savings – the heart of lending
byBy Dr Frank Shostak After climbing to 12.2% in April last year the yearly growth rate of combined commercial bank real estate, consumer and…
Opening at IEA for Academic and Research Director (A&RD)
byThere is a good opening at the IEA for someone with the requisite skills. You can see more here: https://iea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/RD-role-GB-converted2.pdf Below is a short…
Economic Effects Of Pandemics
by(An Austrian Analysis) BY JESÚS HUERTA DE SOTO (Draft written between December 26, 2020 and January 27, 2021) Introduction: Recurrent Cycles of Boom and…
The “Most Important Question” For Investors: Where Will Biden’s Trillions In Stimmys End Up?
byBY TYLER DURDEN at Zero Hedge Now that the $1.85 trillion Biden stimulus is officially being deployed with tens of millions of stimmy checks…