Capital and Interest Theory

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Frank Shostak

Krugman is confused as to why so much technological growth in recent years has not led to more economic growth. The answer lies in the fact that true technological change requires funding — and thus real savings — to be implemented.

Edward W. Fuller

This is a rejoinder to “The Marginal Efficiency of Capital: Comment” by Lucas M. Engelhardt. Engelhardt incorrectly ranks investment projects by Present Value instead of Net Present Value.

Lucas M. Engelhardt

This is a brief reply to “The Marginal Efficiency of Capital: Rejoinder.”

Mark Thornton

Not only are stock markets near all time highs, the amount of margin debt is also at all time highs. Margin debt is money borrowed to leverage the purchasing power of portfolios.

Mark Thornton

"In other words, you cannot accurately forecast a recession or financial panic by looking at either the announcement or the completion of the world’s tallest building"

 

So The Economist apparently does not think too "highly" of my skyscraper theory

Frank Shostak
The Fed — and many economists everywhere — believe that giving more people jobs will drive more economic growth. But more employment is useless for economic growth if employed persons are not contributing to real wealth and capital accumulation.
Matthew McCaffrey

Research is not just the way we add to the body of knowledge left by previous generations, but is also an effective means of engaging and challenging the ideas of mainstream economics.

Murray N. Rothbard

Knowing that money or gold cannot be used to provide a fixed measure of value, David Ricardo turned to the value of labor instead. But his labor theory of value has led to many errors including Marxism, land taxes, and much more.