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Barron's Is Talking Skyscraper Curse

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Blog01/21/2016Mark Thornton

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

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Blog12/26/2015Mark Thornton

The signatures have been collected and submitted paving the way for a vote to establish 100% reserve banking in Switzerland.

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The Fed Can Do Real Damage Without Even Trying

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Blog12/17/2015Jonathan Newman

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...

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The Diabolical Side of ZIRP

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Blog12/14/2015Mark Thornton

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.

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Can You Find the Crisis?

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Blog11/13/2015Carmen Elena Dorobăț

Free Fed money has led to an unprecedented corporate credit binge of excess spending, especially on share buybacks.

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There’s More to Money than Hyperinflation

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Blog10/27/2015Matthew McCaffrey

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.

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The Real Estate Crisis in North Dakota's Man Camps

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Blog09/29/2015Mark Thornton

The Boom has Turned to Bust.

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Skyscraper Curse Signal in China

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Blog09/15/2015Mark Thornton

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...

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Skyscraper Glass Shortage

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Blog09/11/2015Mark Thornton

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.