Negative Interest Rates: Rewarding Profligacy
Why would an investor buy a bond that pays a negative interest rate? The answer lies in understanding how central banks manipulate the economy.
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Negative Interest Rates: Rewarding Profligacy
Why would an investor buy a bond that pays a negative interest rate? The answer lies in understanding how central banks manipulate the economy.
The COVID Stimulus is the Government’s Latest Rejection of Say’s Law
No matter what levers are pulled by the fiscal and monetary authorities, stones will not be turned into bread.
How All That Extra Stimulus Money Could Lead to Price Inflation
More money creation doesn't necessarily mean higher consumer prices. But, if production is falling while consumers use their stimulus checks to buy food and clothing, we could see noticeable price inflation.
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How All That Extra Stimulus Money Could Lead to Price Inflation
More money creation doesn't necessarily mean higher consumer prices. But, if production is falling while consumers use their stimulus checks to buy food and clothing, we could see noticeable price inflation.
To Avoid a Collapse of the Eurozone, Europe Moves Closer to a European Megastate
Debt-ridden countries such as Italy will come to rely more and more on Germans and other northern Europeans to finance their debt. This will require a more unified Europe. Or the whole thing may collapse.
To Avoid a Collapse of the Eurozone, Europe Moves Closer to a European Megastate
Debt-ridden countries such as Italy will come to rely more and more on Germans and other northern Europeans to finance their debt. This will require a more unified Europe. Or the whole thing may collapse.
What the COVID-19 Crisis Means for Europe and the Eurozone
It is fundamentally wrong to put the entire economy at the service of a single goal and to commit to a single solution. Human action always involves weighing up different goals and different means.
We Can’t Just “Restart” the Economy Where We Left Off
If we're serious about maximizing the resources needed to combat COVID-19, we need an economy that is deregulated and flexible.
