The Story of War and Peace in the Currency Markets
The value of the US dollar has risen during the Ukraine war. If peace breaks out, the dollar might be one of its casualties.
The value of the US dollar has risen during the Ukraine war. If peace breaks out, the dollar might be one of its casualties.
For all of the talk about "our democracy," there is a better way to protect the lives and property of people than just electing politicians. It is called sound money.
The "official" definition of a recession is a two-consecutive-quarter decline in GDP, but there are problems with GDP measurement in the first place.
Entrepreneurship is the key to real development, but cultural attitudes are often a significant barrier to entrepreneurship in the developing world.
In colonial America, "liberty" came to mean rights one possessed outside of government approval. In revolutionary France (and in modern Canada) it has come to mean participation in a political system.
While the antimarket and antilibertarian forces are strong, it is easy to forget that free market advocates also have a powerful set of tools.
The Mali Empire flourished as a trading center and gold-producing region from the late Middle Ages into the mid-seventeenth century.
For now, the dollar seems to be doing well against other currencies, but how long will that last?
We are regularly being told that we are in a "climate crisis." But what if that isn't true? What if CO2 actually is good for the greening of the planet?