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Modi’s Demonetization Called “Colossal Failure That Ruined Economy” As India GDP Growth Slumps To 2-Year Lows
Modi’s Demonetization Called “Colossal Failure That Ruined Economy” As India GDP Growth Slumps To 2-Year Lows India’s embattled Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced a double whammy of abuse this week as his nation’s economic growth collapsed to its weakest since Q1 2014 and India’s Central Bank released a report on Modi’s extraordinary “demonitization” plan last […]
Is Gold Still Relevant?
Is Gold Still Relevant? QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, Gold rallies with each political event and then falls back when the event is over. It is not in a sustainable relentless bull market as was the case in the 70s. Almost every stock market has outperformed gold since 1980. This has made me wonder if something is […]
What to Do When Government Money Goes Bad
What to Do When Government Money Goes Bad First, they sold their car. Then, they downsized from a house to a small apartment. Next, they cut meat from their diets. And now, they skip meals to ensure survival. This is the story of Vanessa Posada and her husband Adolfo. They live in Venezuela. And their […]
Austrian Monetary Theory vs. Federal Reserve Inflation Targeting
AUSTRIAN MONETARY THEORY VS. FEDERAL RESERVE INFLATION TARGETING One of the leading policy guideposts for central banks and many monetary policy proponents nowadays is the idea of “inflation targeting.” Several major central banks around the world, including the Federal Reserve in the United States, have set a goal of two percent price inflation. The problem […]
What Is the Liquidity Trap?
What Is the Liquidity Trap? Some economists such as a Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman are of the view that if the US were to fall into liquidity trap the US central bank should aggressively pump money and aggressively lower interest rates in order to lift the rate of inflation. This Krugman holds will pull the […]
Money for the People
Money for the People Local initiatives can lead to modest gains in sustainability, but not the large-scale transformation we need. Meeting that challenge will require, among other critical factors, substantial changes in how we create and use money. As its history demonstrates, money is a social and political construct. It is the privatization of money—and […]
Bad Ideas About Money and Bitcoin
Bad Ideas About Money and Bitcoin How We Got Used to Fiat Money Most false or irrational ideas about money are not new. For example, take the idea that government can just fix the price of one monetary asset against another. Some people think that we can have a gold standard by such a decree […]
Bitcoin in an Illusionary Age
Bitcoin in an Illusionary Age It is altogether fitting that crypto currencies, in particular Bitcoin, have witnessed a meteoric rise in this illusionary age. Not only has their monetary value gone to dizzying heights, but they are now being touted as the destroyer of the current, crumbling monetary order and the next paradigm upon which a […]
Marc Faber: In the Age of Cyber-Terrorism, Every Investor Must Own Gold
Marc Faber: In the Age of Cyber-Terrorism, Every Investor Must Own Gold Take it from “Dr. Doom”: own some physical gold and keep it out of the banking system. Dr. Marc Faber, a legendary investor and the editor/publisher of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, is well known for his contrarian investing style. In a […]
Signs Of Distress
Signs Of Distress The need to change is becoming more obvious than ever The world is edging closer to the final moments after which everything will be forever changed. Grand delusions, perpetuated over decades, will finally hit the limits of reality and collapse in on themselves. We’re over-budget and have eaten deeply into the principal […]
Can Switzerland Survive Today’s Assault on Cash and Sound Money?
Can Switzerland Survive Today’s Assault on Cash and Sound Money? “Switzerland will have the last word,” wrote Victor Hugo in the late 19th century. “It possesses one of the most perfect forms of government in the world.” A contemporary of his, Frederick Kuenzli, a scholar of the Swiss Army, boasted: “No purer type of Republican […]
Saving and Money–What is the Relationship?
SAVING AND MONEY – WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP? Conventional wisdom says that savings is the amount of money left after monetary income was used for consumer outlays, implying that saving is synonymous with money. Hence, for a given consumer outlays an increase in money income implies more saving and thus more funding for investment. This […]
It’s Your Money But You Can’t Have It: EU Proposes Account Freezes to Halt Bank Runs
It’s Your Money But You Can’t Have It: EU Proposes Account Freezes to Halt Bank Runs If there is a run on the bank, any bank in the EU, you better be among the first to get your money out. Although it’s your money, the EU wants to Freeze Accounts to Prevent Runs at Failing Banks. […]
Government Monopoly Money vs. Personal Choice in Currency
GOVERNMENT MONOPOLY MONEY VS. PERSONAL CHOICE IN CURRENCY For more than two hundred years, practically all of even the most free market advocates have assumed that money and banking were different from other types of goods and markets. From Adam Smith to Milton Friedman, the presumption has been competitive markets and free consumer choice are […]
