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A Much Bigger Threat Than Our National Debt
A Much Bigger Threat Than Our National Debt The markets are acting as though it was already summer. They are wandering around with little ambition in either direction. Meanwhile, we’ve been wondering about… and trying to explain… what it is we are really doing at the Diary. We expect a violent monetary shock, in which the dollar […]
Euro-sclerosis
Euro-sclerosis There appears to be little or nothing in the monetarists’ handbook to enable them to assess the risk of a loss of confidence in the purchasing power of a paper currency. Furthermore, since today’s macroeconomists have chosen to deny Say’s Law1, otherwise known as the laws of the markets, they have little hope of […]
RFID-Chipped Banknotes Fit For “Remote Cancellation”
RFID-Chipped Banknotes Fit For “Remote Cancellation” RFID Technology fur Use in Currency Becomes More Sophisticated The 500 euro banknote barely circulates in Europe – this is to say, it is rarely seen in everyday commerce. However, it does exist, and makes the handling of large amounts of cash easier. Not surprisingly, it is said to […]
It Is Mathematically Impossible To Pay Off All Of Our Debt
It Is Mathematically Impossible To Pay Off All Of Our Debt Did you know that if you took every single penny away from everyone in the United States that it still would not be enough to pay off the national debt? Today, the debt of the federal government exceeds $145,000 per household, and it is getting worse […]
Money is Coined Liberty – The Latest Salvos in the War on Cash
Money is Coined Liberty – The Latest Salvos in the War on Cash Another Keynesian Voodoo Economist Wants to See Cash Abolished We have a few more bad news and for a change also some good news with respect to the ongoing attempt to prepare the ground for a ban of cash currency. By now […]
Abolishing Cash – New Age of Economic Totalitarianism
Abolishing Cash – New Age of Economic Totalitarianism Europe is moving full speed ahead to eliminate all cash. Instead of reforming and tackling the economic problems, government always seeks to maintain the same course of thinking that now leads us to the totalitarian approach coming from Brussels. To maintain the euro, they must maintain the […]
Leading German Keynesian Economist Calls For Cash Ban
Leading German Keynesian Economist Calls For Cash Ban It’s official: the world has gone central-planner crazy. Monetary policy, whether in the form of “conventional” methods such as the micromanagement of policy rates or so-called “unconventional” measures such as QE, has proven utterly ineffective when it comes to both “smoothing out” the business cycle and reigniting […]
Canadians pay cash less than half the time, Bank of Canada calculates
Canadians pay cash less than half the time, Bank of Canada calculates Credit cards get big boost as Canadians shun the ATM Cash is no longer king for Canadians when it comes to paying for retail transactions. A study released today by the Bank of Canada shows that less than half of our purchases are […]
The trouble with cash
The trouble with cash When interest rates are zero and it costs a bank to look after your money it becomes an unattractive asset. Banks in some jurisdictions (such as Switzerland, Denmark and Sweden) are even charging customers interest on cash and deposits. And if you go to your bank and withdraw large amounts in […]
US fall from virtuous republic to tragic-comic empire described perfectly by Roman historians
US fall from virtuous republic to tragic-comic empire described perfectly by Roman historians The ancient Greek historian, Polybius, celebrated the Roman republic of ~ 150 BC under its constitution with balance of powers among the Senate, two elected consuls, and the general citizens: “Such being the power that each part has of hampering the others or co-operating with them, their union […]
The Next 94 Days Could Be Bad for Your Wallet
The Next 94 Days Could Be Bad for Your Wallet The Longest, Deepest Depression in US History Yesterday’s good news was that there will be no 25-year recession. “We should be so lucky,” is the way a New Yorker might react. Because the bad news is much worse. The logic of the “long depression” is simple. […]
Blogger Ben’s Basically Full Of It
Blogger Ben’s Basically Full Of It Ben Bernanke’s skin is as thin, apparently, as is his comprehension of honest economics. The emphasis is on the “honest” part because he is a fount of the kind of Keynesian drivel that passes for economics in the financially deformed world that the Bernank did so much to bring about. Just […]
Why The Powers That Be Are Pushing A Cashless Society
Why The Powers That Be Are Pushing A Cashless Society We Can’t Rein In the Banks If We Can’t Pull Our Money Out of Them Martin Armstrong summarizes the headway being made to ban cash, and argues that the goal of those pushing a cashless society is to prevent bank runs … and increase their control: The […]
Suddenly “You Can’t Ignore The Data” Has Turned Into “Trust Me”
Suddenly “You Can’t Ignore The Data” Has Turned Into “Trust Me” The week that passed has been nothing short of a roller coaster ride for many nervous investors. And for some: a realization that the once hyped, hawked, and levered Billion dollar babies can indeed “come off the rails.” Turning the once joyride into something more […]
