The ECB Creates Jobs for Central Bankers Instead of Safeguarding Financial Stability
Not surprisingly, policies adopted by central bankers often serve the interests of the central banks themselves.
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Danielle DiMartino Booth on the Fragile Fed Narrative
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 Financial Crisis
The next crisis is not likely to be another Lehman, but another Japan — a widespread zombification of global economies.
The US Ten-Year Shows The Extent Of The Bond Bubble
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!
Our Easy-Money Economy Is Not Sustainable
What causes financial crises, domestic and global, is the underlying, continuing credit expansion.
Italy’s Problem Is Not The Euro, It’s Political Spending
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.
The Myth of Synchronized Growth and the Era of Secular Stagnation
We have been hearing from central banks that we were living in a synchronized growth territory. Well, it wasn’t the case.
Daniel Lacalle on the Biggest Bubble of All
Daniel Lacalle and Jeff Deist discuss why all of us have a stake in seeing central bank balance sheets shrink.
We Still Haven’t Learned the Right Lessons from the 2008 Crash
It's frightening to see the persistent lack of insight shown by policymakers and financial media on the 2008 financial crisis.
