Europeans Overcoming Their Apoplithorismosphobia
Europeans have long been fearful of the prospects of price deflation, but now that it has arrived they have embraced it.
Booms and Busts
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Fed Tries to Figure Out How to Raise Interest Rates by a 1/4 of 1%
The Fed has been messing with interest rates for a century and suddenly they have forgotten how to raise interest rates?
Recent Economic Data Shows the Good Side of Deflation
Data from Japan, Spain, Greece, and the Netherlands all suggest that deflation is not the disaster many economists suggest it is. In fact, there's good reason to believe that economies really start to take off when prices fall the most.
A Necessary Correction in the Oil Industry
Oil prices have fallen largely due to economic and political realities in China and the US. The resulting correction is a good thing, and, in spite of what many panicky central bankers think, falling oil prices are a good thing.
Joseph Salerno Interviewed on Gold Standard, Fiat Money
Joseph Salerno Interviewed on Gold Standard, Fiat Money...
Mises Daily Wednesday: Sub-Zero Interest Rates as an Endless Daylight Saving Time
Mises Daily Wednesday by Brendan Brown
Milton Friedman once compared monetary stimulus to daylight saving time. But while daylight saving has an ending date, current monetary stimulus has no end in sight, and we’re just moving the clock ahead repeatedly without ever moving it back.
Sub-Zero Interest Rates as an Endless Daylight Saving Time
Milton Friedman once compared monetary stimulus to daylight saving time. But while daylight saving has an ending date, current monetary stimulus has no end in sight, and we’re just moving the clock ahead repeatedly without ever moving it back.
