The Case for A Gold Currency Part 2: Wages and Growth: Higher Under Classical Gold Standard
By Jai Khemani Jai recently got 2 A*s and an A in his A levels and is now looking forward to university. Jai is particularly…
The Case for A Gold Currency: Part 1
By Jai Khemani Jai recently got 2 A*s and an A in his A levels and is now looking forward to university. Jai is particularly…
The Looming Mortgage Liquidity Crisis
By Doug French Every 10 years or so there is a banking crisis. We are due. However, the furthest thing from most people’s minds with…
Augsburg: A Capitalist Hub at the Birth of the Modern
By Marcia Christoff-Kurapovna Beautiful Augsburg, city of bronzed doors and glory of the German Renaissance, occupies an unusual and mostly unknown position in the history…
Stockman: Now It Begins—America’s State Wreck Gathers Steam, Part 1
Now it begins. They bought the February 8th dip just like the previous 40 odd plungelets in the stock averages since the March 2009 bottom, expecting another…
Problems Facing the U.S Healthcare System Part 1
By Jai Khemani Jai recently got 2 A*s and an A in his A levels and is now looking forward to university. Jai is particularly…
The Council on Foreign Relations Guide to the Steel Tariffs
Introduction In March 2018, President Donald J. Trump announced he will apply across-the-board tariffs, or import taxes, on steel and aluminum. Trump argues that…
Still None, And Even More Reasons To Expect None
by Jeffrey P. Snider The parallels between the last few years and those at the end of the 1990’s are striking. There was a few…
CommonWeal: Forget about the consequences of your actions
Public authorities would be allowed to seize land under the “Public Land Value Capture” proposal suggested by the think tank Common Weal. In short, public…
Central Bank Musical Chairs
If recent stock market volatility is interrupting your sleep, Jim Bianco and CNBC’s Rick Santelli are saying, get used to it. The total assets of all central…