Loose monetary and fiscal policies, not high levels of debt, are the real economic threat
byIn his Outside the Box E-Letter February 13 2012, respected economic commentator John Mauldin presents an interview with Dr Lacy Hunt, a highly regarded…
Economics
A new gold commission?
byA view from America … “The gold standard is a modern, digital, information-sharing, global operating standard. Moreover, it is a stable, networking, efficient, price…
Time to give up the fiat pancakes
byToday is Pancake Day and whilst many, including The Real Asset Co research desk, will be enjoying it, there is still an ongoing economic crisis…
The destruction of savings by inflation
byIn the past, insurance companies and pension funds have been keen to advertise the benefit of compounding arithmetic for savings. Over the last 30…
Prices & Production and Other Works
byMy Foreword to Prices & Production and Other Works, published by the Ludwig von Mises Institute in 2008. It is with great pleasure that…
An interview with The Real Asset Company
byA recent three-part interview by Jan Skoyles of The Real Asset Company … Part one: Discussion of Paper Money Collapse Part two: Austrian economics…
Beware false idols
by“Playing with expectations works temporarily. The risk-on trade is in a mini bubble, as today’s buyers want to be ahead of the slower ones….
What the classical economists knew and the moderns have forgotten – part 5
byToday, as the last article in this series, we present the words of Say himself, taken from his masterpiece A Treatise on Political Economy….
The economic consequences of central bankers
byMore unemployment. More recession. More massive public debt. More print-more-money-and-pray quantitative easing. More Mervyn King bleating on about the stalled economy – but failing to…
The fallacy of economic growth
byThe most important objective for any government is to achieve economic growth. Out of this growth develops employment and taxes to fund government itself….