Low cost manufacturing in Asia – The Mighty Five – MITI V
byLow cost manufacturing is moving away from China Malaysia, India, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam will continue to benefit Currency risks remain substantial Stock market…
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..Crackle, Pop
by“The enthusiasm for Snap came despite the decision by some portfolio managers to shun the stock over concerns about the company’s decision to issue…
Can Yellen Keep the Boom Going?
byBy Brendan Brown Yellen, like notorious previous Fed chiefs including Strong, Martin, and Greenspan, can now claim success in having prolonged and strengthened an asset…
How the Fed operates
byWe are often asked about the mechanisms by which the US Federal Reserve Board (the Fed) influences the level of US interest rates and…
Zero Hedge: China Accounts For Half Of All Global Debt Created Since 2005: Here Are The Implications
byOver three years ago, in November 2013, when the world’s attention was still largely focused on what the “Big 4” central banks would do…
Central banks and money creation is there any connection?
byAccording to traditional economics textbooks, the current monetary system amplifies the initial monetary injections of money. The popular story goes as follows: if the…
Economic Ideas: Karl Marx’s Misconceptions about Man and Markets
byThough it may seem strange, Karl Marx was not always a communist. As late as 1842, when Marx was in his mid-20s, he actually…
Faking it
byThanks to the election of President Trump and his uncompromising attitude to the establishment media, much hot air is being expended on the subject…
Arguments against the Minimum Wage
byArguing against the Minimum Wage has often been the preserve of the ‘right’ (presuming the simplistic and problematic left-right dichotomy that we impose as…
Economic Ideas: Karl Marx, the Man Behind the Communist Revolution
byWhen Karl Marx died in March 1883, only about a dozen people attended his funeral at a cemetery in London, England, including family members….