Confusion over US unemployment
Unemployment is the one statistic that one would have thought is easy to define: just total up the number of people on unemployment benefit…
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Unemployment and groupthink
On Friday 6th February the American Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its employment estimates for January, which being better than the market expected,…
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Some site statistics
October 2010 was our best-ever month, with over 24,000 hits. Our top five downloads are: Huerta de Soto, Jesus, Money, Bank Credit and Economic…
Read MoreMaking Sense of Economic Indicators
The Great Austrian applied and theoretical economist Dr Frank Shostak has allowed us to publish this small article that should give you a good…
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What is money?
In their working paper Assessing UK money supply measures in the light of the credit crunch, Toby Baxendale and Anthony J. Evans provide a better measure of the money supply. In this article, Steven Baker explores the background to the paper and indicates some key findings.
Read MoreAmerica’s $100 TRILLION problem and the death of the Provider State
FOX Business Network’s Brian Sullivan speaks in this interview with famed economist and fmr. Chilean Labor and Social Security Minister Jose Pinera about the…
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Global reach for honest money
Our visitor locations for the three months to 12 Feb 2010:
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Bastiat’s Iceberg: A Sean Corrigan Masterpiece for Christmas
Sean Corrigan of Diapason Commodities Management packs more sound applied economics into this report than ever: Toby Baxendale provides a commentary. This is a…
Read MoreEconomists revolt over surprise recession data – Times Online
Via The Times Online, we learn that many economists “revolt over surprise recession data”: Economists today cast doubt on official data showing that British gross domestic…
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Happy days are here again? Another view from the City
Equity Strategist Ewen Stewart makes the case that the national debt will within 5 years be over £150,000 per family of 4 with debt…
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