The Crisis of Argentina and How to Reduce Country Risk
Argentina has all the ingredients to be a global leading economy, but current policy makes the country a promise that always disappoints.
Argentina has all the ingredients to be a global leading economy, but current policy makes the country a promise that always disappoints.
The stage has been set for a global credit crisis. And the Eurozone is a time-bomb waiting to happen.
Daniel Lacalle and Jeff Deist discuss the absurd reactions to the Fed's tiny interest rate hikes.
The biggest “success” of the ECB has been the massive bailout of governments at the expense of savers.
Not surprisingly, policies adopted by central bankers often serve the interests of the central banks themselves.
Jeff Deist and Danielle DiMartino Booth discuss Fed Chairman Jay Powell's performance to date and whether Austrians and permabears overestimate the Fed's influence on the economy.
The next crisis is not likely to be another Lehman, but another Japan — a widespread zombification of global economies.
97% of consensus economists didn’t see the last recession the quarter before it started. Even worse, 77% didn’t see a recession when it was already happening!
What causes financial crises, domestic and global, is the underlying, continuing credit expansion.
Blaming the euro will not save Italy. Italy’s problem is political spending — the same problem that this new budget is going to greatly increase.