A Tale of Two “Deflationary” Booms — The Gilded Age vs. Today
Today's easy-money-fueled economic "boom" doesn't compare well to booms of the past.
Money and Banking
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People’s QE? It’s Venezuela with Tea and Cakes
Jeremy Corbyn's "People's QE" is just the Argentinian model and the Venezuelan model disguised in Anglo-Saxon terms.
Week in Review: August 19, 2017
The growth of government comes at the expense of civility.
How Central Banking Increased Inequality
Focusing almost exclusively on consumer price inflation, economists have overlooked the redistributive effects of money creation through other channels.
Central Banks Are Hiding the True Price of Risk
Risk premiums determined in an unhampered market align the interests of savers and investors. When central banks interfere with this, trouble results.
China: A Keynesian Monster
The the Chinese economy is a Keynesian jobs project of outrageous scale.
Is Money Created by Government Decree?
Today’s demand for money is determined by yesterday’s purchasing power of money.
Money Supply Growth Falls Again, Dropping to 105-Month Low
The last time the money supply grew at a smaller rate was during September 2008
Here’s the True Definition of a Recession — It’s Not About GDP
Recessions are the liquidation of a boom that sprang up thanks to a previous period of loose monetary policy.
Why Wage Growth Is So Weak
As central banks enable the creation of money out of thin air, wealth creation has suffered, as has worker productivity.
