Jeff Deist addresses the topic of Austrian investing with Chris Casey , Managing Director of WindRock Wealth Management. If you are an investor and you are interested in Austrian Economics, you will enjoy this
The “Wells Fargo Economics Group” opines in its daily email: Crude oil prices have not been this low since the nascent stages of the recovery in 2010. From recent cycle highs set in June, crude oil prices are down roughly $40/barrel or more than 35 percent. That is true whether you are talking about West Texas Intermediate or Brent prices. For
Richard Ebeling writes: On Thursday, November 13th, I was interviewed on the “Boom-Bust” segment on RT television on Ludwig von Mises and the Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle, especially in terms of its important and continuing relevance in the context of current Federal Reserve monetary policy with its easy money policies and interest rate
Mises Daily Monday : James Grant Explains “The Forgotten Depression” In his new book The Forgotten Depression, James Grant, investor and founder of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, explores the Depression of 1921, a “forgotten” economic bust when the government failed to intervene, thus allowing the economy to cure
Peak Oil Was Nonsense, and the Ghost of the 1981 Oil Price Crash Looms Oil man T. Boone Pickens was on CNBC this morning and brought up the early 1980s crash in oil prices as a possible example of what could be in store for the oil industry today. He notes that the number of rigs operating in the US in 1981 was cut in half 12 months later. He
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop are joined by Mises Institute Fellow Jonathan Newman to discuss economic fake news, featuring a cameo by Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez. Also, sign up today for our special Radio Rothbard raffle for a free entry into our 2024 Human Action Conference, celebrating the 75th anniversary of
In recent years, home price indices have seemed to proliferate. Case-Shiller, of course, has been around for a long time, but over the past decade, additional measures have been marketed aggressively by Trulia, CoreLogic, and Zillow, just to name a few. Measuring home prices has taken on an urgency beyond the real estate industry because for many,
This week, the latest numbers from the S&P/Case-Shiller index showed continued significant home price growth in most of the 20 cities within the survey. The cities with the most growth were found in the Western US and, to a lesser extent, the South: According to the report : “Home prices continue to rise twice as fast as inflation, but the pace
Thanks to the great Tatsuya Iwakura , who has translated numerous books by Austrian economists into Japanese, The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays , edited by Richard Ebeling, is now available as a Kindle book in Japanese . The full English version is available at mises.org . The book is an excellent short introduction to
According to CBC News : The Bank of Canada shocked markets today by cutting its key overnight lending rate by a quarter of a percentage point, citing the economic threat posed by plunging oil prices. The drop in oil prices is unambiguously negative for the Canadian economy,” Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz said in a morning news conference.
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