Category Archives: Paul Krugman
Doug Casey: How I Learned To Love Bitcoin – Part 1
Via CaseyResearch.com, Bitcoin is up 495% this year. Ethereum, another major cryptocurrency, is up 3,507% since the start of the year. Smaller cryptos have soared more than 10,000%. When you see gains like that, it’s natural to think that you missed out. I even felt this way for the longest time…that is, until I talked […]
Weekend Reading: Markets Love Central Banks – No Matter What They Do
Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, I discussed yesterday, the apparent “myth” of the Fed’s proposed “balance sheet reduction” program as the most recent analysis shows a $13.5 billion “reinvestment” into their balance sheet which has helped fuel the recent market advance. But therein lies the potential “fatal flaw” of the “bullish logic.” At the […]
How Socialism Ruined Venezuela
Authored by Rafael Acevedo & Luis B. Cirocco via The Mises Institute, In order to understand the disaster that is unfolding in Venezuela, we need to journey through the most recent century of our history and look at how our institutions have changed over time. What we will find is that Venezuela once enjoyed relatively […]
6/10/17: CA&G on Ireland’s Tax, Banking Costs & Recovery
trueeconomics.blogspot.com / by Constantin Gurdgiev / Friday, October 6, 2017 Occasionally, the Irish Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) office produces some remarkable, in their honesty, and the extent of their disclosures, reports. Last month gave us one of those moment. There are three key findings by CA&G worth highlighting. The first one relates to corporate taxation, and […]
How Rand Paul Can Free Americans From The Fed
Authored by Tho Bishop via The Mises Institute, Ever since entering the Senate, Rand Paul has continued his father’s work in advocating for an audit of the Federal Reserve. This week, writing for the Daily Caller, Senator Paul renewed his efforts, illustrating how the recent era of unconventional monetary policy has made an audit all the […]
Blaming Russia For Everything
Authored by Robert Parry via The Strategic Culture Foundation, It’s almost getting comical how everything that happens in the United States gets blamed on Russia! Russia! Russia! And, if any American points out the absurdity of this argument, he or she must be a “Moscow stooge” or a “Putin puppet.” The FX series, “The Americans,” […]
Bad Brexit Deal Better Than No Deal? Mathematical Idiocy!
Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, At the top of the list of absurd Brexit advice is the notion that a bad deal is better than no deal. But that’s what Andrew Duff at the European Policy Center says. Drop the Clichés The British side should stop pretending that ‘no deal is better than […]