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The Fed Can Do Real Damage Without Even Trying

Booms and BustsThe FedBusiness CyclesCalculation and Knowledge

Blog12/17/2015Jonathan Newman

Whatever the Fed imagines they can control and whatever their real intentions are, a central authority cannot optimally set prices that are in line with people’s preferences. This is especially important for interest rates, which have far-reaching influence...

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The Diabolical Side of ZIRP

Booms and BustsThe FedMoney and BanksBusiness CyclesMoney and BankingPrices

Blog12/14/2015Mark Thornton

ZIRP has created massive asset bubbles throughout the world economy, but also has a diabolical impact on ordinary people who are largely disconnected to the bubbles.

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Are Entrepreneurs Naturally Talented, or Just Hard Workers?

Booms and BustsThe EntrepreneurEntrepreneurship

Blog12/14/2015Matthew McCaffrey

It's the age-old question: is success the result of natural talent or simply hard work? This problem is especially important for entrepreneurs.

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A Behind the Scenes Look at the November Jobs Report

Big GovernmentBooms and BustsThe Fed

Blog12/04/2015Jonathan Newman

Today's BLS employment data release may not be as "solid" as the media are reporting.

Yellen discusses negative interest rates

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Yellen on Negative Interest Rates

Booms and BustsThe Fed

Blog11/05/2015Jonathan Newman

In Janet Yellen's Q&A with the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Tom Emmer asked about the possibility and consequences of negative interest rates.

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There’s More to Money than Hyperinflation

Booms and BustsMoney and BanksBusiness Cycles

Blog10/27/2015Matthew McCaffrey

It’s common to paint Austrians as doom-and-gloom prophets of economic collapse, with little to offer besides paranoid predictions of hyperinflations and monetary collapses lurking around every corner.

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My Day at the Fed

Booms and BustsThe FedMoney and Banks

Blog10/21/2015Mark Thornton

A report on my day inside the Fed

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The Real Estate Crisis in North Dakota's Man Camps

Booms and BustsBusiness Cycles

Blog09/29/2015Mark Thornton

The Boom has Turned to Bust.

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Skyscraper Curse Signal in China

Booms and BustsFinancial MarketsBusiness Cycles

Blog09/15/2015Mark Thornton

There are so many skyscrapers being built in China that I have not been able to keep track of them all. The "Walking Stick" building has just become the second tallest skyscraper in the world. This does not qualify as a genuine worldwide "skyscraper signal," but it does represent a signal for...

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Skyscraper Glass Shortage

Booms and BustsBusiness Cycles

Blog09/11/2015Mark Thornton

So many skyscrapers are being built right now that there has emerged a shortage in the special glass panels that form the exterior of most modern skyscrapers.