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The Problem with a State-Cartel Economy: Prices Rise, Wages Don’t
The Problem with a State-Cartel Economy: Prices Rise, Wages Don’t The vise will tighten until something breaks. It could be the currency, it could be the political status quo, it could be the credit/debt system–or all three. The problem with an economy dominated by state-enforced cartels and quasi-monopolies is that prices rise (since cartels can […]
What If All the Cheap Stuff Goes Away?
What If All the Cheap Stuff Goes Away? Nothing stays the same in dynamic systems, and it’s inevitable that the current glut of low costs / cheap stuff will give way to scarcities that cannot be filled at current low prices. One of the books I just finished reading is The Fate of Rome: Climate, […]
What is Wrong With the Popular Definition of Inflation?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE POPULAR DEFINITION OF INFLATION? According to Mises, Inflation, as this term was always used everywhere and especially in this country, means increasing the quantity of money and bank notes in circulation and the quantity of bank deposits subject to check. But people today use the term `inflation’ to refer to […]
WARNING: Markets Reaching Extreme Leverage
WARNING: Markets Reaching Extreme Leverage As investors’ bullish sentiment moves up to euphoric levels, the markets are reaching extreme leverage. This is terrible news because a lot of people are going to lose one heck of a lot of money. According to CNN Money’s Fear & Greed Index, the market is now at the “extreme […]
August Consumer Prices Jump Most Since January Due To Soaring Energy, Shelter Costs
August Consumer Prices Jump Most Since January Due To Soaring Energy, Shelter Costs After disappointing (for The Fed’s inflationistas) producer prices growth yesterday, consumer prices jumped 0.4% MoM in August – the biggest spike since January. Gains were driven by soaring energy costs (offset by a big decline in vehicle prices). Year over Year, CPI […]
Ed Butowsky: Calculating The True Cost of Living
Ed Butowsky: Calculating The True Cost of Living Why it’s much higher than we’re told/sold Over the past decade, we’ve been told that inflation has been tame — actually below the target the Federal Reserve would like to see. But if that’s true, then why does the average household find it harder and harder to […]
Playing Around With Prices Is a Bad Idea
Playing Around With Prices Is a Bad Idea Call me old fashioned, but I still think prices matter. I vividly recall the first time I studied those simple supply-and-demand graphs as a college freshman, and today, far too many years later, their basic logic remains undeniable. When prices are right, money flows to the most […]
THE THEFT OF YOUR PURCHASING POWER
THE THEFT OF YOUR PURCHASING POWER One doesn’t need to be an economist or savvy in finance to see that prices are climbing. In a nutshell, inflation is the increase in the money base or the amount of money in existence. Rising prices are but a symptom of this process of devaluing our money. This […]
19 Signs That American Families Are Being Economically Destroyed
19 Signs That American Families Are Being Economically Destroyed The systematic destruction of the American way of life is happening all around us, and yet most people have no idea what is happening. Once upon a time in America, if you were responsible and hard working you could get a good paying job that could […]
Insider Alan Greenspan Warns of Explosive Inflation: “Tinderbox Looking For a Spark”
Insider Alan Greenspan Warns of Explosive Inflation: “Tinderbox Looking For a Spark” Last month it was revealed that former federal reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, the architect of U.S. monetary policy under four Presidents, is anticipating a significant market event as a result of the trillions of dollars that have been pumped into the system over the last several […]
Fears over deflation thwarted Bank of England vote to raise interest rate
Fears over deflation thwarted Bank of England vote to raise interest rate Falling oil prices driving inflation down to 0.5% in January, forced Martin Weale and Ian McCafferty to back down Fears that Britain could sink into a damaging “deflationary spiral” have stayed the hands of Bank of England policymakers who had pushed for an early interest […]
Moneyness: Robin Hood central banking
Moneyness: Robin Hood central banking. There were plenty of reports in the press this year accusing central banks of behaving like King John, stealing from the poor to help the rich. Rich people’s wealth tends to be geared towards holdings of stocks and bonds whereas the poor are more dependent on job income. By pushing […]
