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An Optimist’s Version of Apocalypse Now

An Optimist’s Version of Apocalypse Now Tuesday, November 24, 2009 John Rubino sees a financial apocalypse in our near future. For him, the catalyst that triggers the process is rising interest rates accompanied by a falling dollar. In his post...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Tue, Nov 24 2009

Algunas Consideraciones sobre el Conflicto Colombia Venezuela

por Gustavo Abello - Periodista - Barranquilla, Colombia Chávez no le tiene miedo ni a los estadounidenses, ni a Uribe, ni a un golpe de estado, ni a la prensa, ni a Vicky Dávila. Si algo tengo algo claro es que Chávez es un cobarde...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Tue, Nov 24 2009

Filed under: Socialismo, Chavez, Intervencionismo, Venezuela, Comunismo

Cómo conquistar la pobreza

Por John Chamberlain. (Publicado el 5 de octubre de 2009) Traducido del inglés. El artículo original se encuentra aquí: http://mises.org/daily/3877 . [ The Freeman , 1973] El mensaje de The Conquest of Poverty, de Henry Hazlitt es...

Posted to Mises Daily en español by euribe on Tue, Nov 24 2009

La Gran Depresión del siglo XIV

Por Murray N. Rothbard. (Publicado el 6 de noviembre de 2009) Traducido del inglés. El artículo original se encuentra aquí: http://mises.org/daily/3861 . [Este artículo está extraído de Historia del pensamiento...

Posted to Mises Daily en español by euribe on Tue, Nov 24 2009

A View from the Trenches, November 24th 2009: "Introducing Thesis No. 3"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: www.sibileau.com The widespread impression that the US deficit will continue set all non-money assets on a rally yesterday. Gold reached $1,174/oz. As we said many, many times over, it is as simple...

Posted to Tinchos' market letter by Tincho Sibileau on Tue, Nov 24 2009

Enron was an Ethical Angel compared to our Government

Fannie Mae reports third quarter loss of $18.9 billion and requests another $15 billion in taxpayer funds. Another government enterprise comes back to the well for more, with no end in sight. Bloomberg has a summary of the results here . FNM was the organization...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Mon, Nov 23 2009

Filed under: politics, law, financial system, debt, Government, morality, ethics

Neo-Sexism and the Twilight of America

Twilight Eclipse . We've all heard about it by now. The Vampire love story by Stephanie Meyer as retold on the silver screen, smashing all records with a take of over $140 million on its opening weekend. And not only is it wooing middle school girls...

Posted to Not-a-Lemming by FutbolGuru on Mon, Nov 23 2009

A View from the Trenches, November 23rd, 2009: "Rates, Keynes and Bayesian probability"

Although the past week did not seem to show a fair amount of important trading or direction, I think that it was a relevant week nevertheless. Monetary authorities and government have made it very clear, if there ever were any hesitations, that at least...

Posted to Tinchos' market letter by Tincho Sibileau on Mon, Nov 23 2009

Los libros de La casa de la pradera: Una crónica de una pionera

Por Robert M. Thornton. (Publicado el 23 de noviembre de 2009) Traducido del inglés. El artículo original se encuentra aquí: http://mises.org/daily/3875 . [The Freeman. 1972] Estos libros se publicaron por primera vez hace casi cuarenta...

Posted to Mises Daily en español by euribe on Mon, Nov 23 2009

Why Obamanomics Will Not Improve The Economy

“The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” Friedrich Hayek The economic programs and policies currently in place are truly astounding. I don’t think I...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Mon, Nov 23 2009

Filed under: incentives, obama, macro, micro, economics

Big Government Means Poorer People

“By one measure, the government already plays an outsize role in our so-called free-market economy —and it has little to do with the recession. Economist Gary Shilling has calculated that 58 percent of the population is dependent on the government...