Bawerk.net: How to Invest in the New World Order
In our latest Toward a New World Order, Part III we ended by promising to look closer at investment implications from the political and…
Will A Stronger Dollar Cause a Trade War with Europe?
Markets have not been slow to see through the hollowness of the European Central Bank’s announced (on December 8) curtailment of the pace of…
Benn Steil: Is the Emerging Market Currency Plunge Really About Trade?
Emerging market (EM) assets have taken a beating since Donald Trump’s surprise election victory on November 8. EM bond prices are down 4.4 percent,…
George Selgin: Has the Fed been Holding Down Interest Rates?
Source: https://www.alt-m.org/2016/12/01/fed-holding-interest-rates/ ONCE UPON A TIME, when my twin brother and I were tots, our father convinced us that he could make a traffic light…
The Swiss Private Bankers Should Be a Model for Bankers Everywhere
By Marcia Christoff-Kurapovna for mises.org The strong showing in banking stocks may show some optimism following the presidential election victory of Donald Trump. But, a healthy…
Benn Steil: China’s Bond Market Can’t Handle a Global RMB
The Chinese RMB’s ascension into the IMF’s SDR currency basket in October has been widely seen as an important first step on its path to becoming…
Benn Steil: Paul Krugman Doubles Down On Fiscal Expansion Claims Contradicted by Data
“Everything about recent experience,” Paul Krugman says, “suggests that the world desperately needs fiscal expansion to boost demand and … that our sole reliance…
The Looming Bubble in Long-Term Debt
In the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007–2009, analysts and prognosticators have constantly argued over the next big bubble. Will it be in…
Trump Is Not Seeking Yellen’s Resignation, But Won’t Nominate Her For A Second Term
As we reported first thing this morning, one of the burning questions troubling Wall Street at this moment, is whether president elect Donald Trump…
Britain Should Embrace Unilateral Free Trade Right Now
If we read the newspapers or listen to the experts, Britain faces two ways to negotiate its way out of the European Union without…