Barron’s Is Talking Skyscraper Curse
Barron's is writing about skyscrapers and the Skyscraper Curse. They also quote me on the subject.
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Switzerland to Vote on 100% Reserve Banking
The signatures have been collected and submitted paving the way for a vote to establish 100% reserve banking in Switzerland.
The Fed Can Do Real Damage Without Even Trying
Whatever the Fed imagines they can control and whatever their real intentions are, a central authority cannot optimally set prices that are in line with people’s preferences. This is especially important for interest rates, which have far-reaching influence throughout the economy.
The Diabolical Side of ZIRP
ZIRP has created massive asset bubbles throughout the world economy, but also has a diabolical impact on ordinary people who are largely disconnected to the bubbles.
Disaggregating the Credit Expansion: The Role of Changes in Banks’ Asset Structure in the Business Cycle
The aim of the article is to refine the Austrian business cycle theory by discussing the effect of changes in banks’ asset structure on the business cycle.
Can You Find the Crisis?
Free Fed money has led to an unprecedented corporate credit binge of excess spending, especially on share buybacks.
There’s More to Money than Hyperinflation
It’s common to paint Austrians as doom-and-gloom prophets of economic collapse, with little to offer besides paranoid predictions of hyperinflations and monetary collapses lurking around every corner.
Skyscraper Curse Signal in China
There are so many skyscrapers being built in China that I have not been able to keep track of them all. The "Walking Stick" building has just become the second tallest skyscraper in the world. This does not qualify as a genuine worldwide "skyscraper signal," but it does represent a signal for China.
Skyscraper Glass Shortage
So many skyscrapers are being built right now that there has emerged a shortage in the special glass panels that form the exterior of most modern skyscrapers.
