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$3 Trillion Black Hole Could Destroy Economy: “True Extent of Pension Problem Has Been Obscured”
$3 Trillion Black Hole Could Destroy Economy: “True Extent of Pension Problem Has Been Obscured” Yet another reason why taxes are going up, cities and states are going broke, and the world is approaching financial implosion… As if the world needed another dangerous and volatile factor in the mix of looming economic downturn. Unfunded liabilities […]
Mary Mellor’s “Debt or Democracy”: Why Not Quantitative Easing for People?
Mary Mellor’s “Debt or Democracy”: Why Not Quantitative Easing for People? Although it is widely assumed that governments are the source of all new money – through “printing it” – the so-called private sector is the source of most new money put into circulation. In one of the most successful enclosures of the commons in […]
The Entire Global Economy Now Hinges on One Thing
The Entire Global Economy Now Hinges on One Thing As I write these words we are now only hours away from The Most Important Event Ever to Happen in the History of the Global Economy. Investors are bracing themselves. Markets are anticipating. Journalists are spilling Olympic sized swimming pools of ink on writing headlineafter headline after headline after headline after headline after headline about this, the […]
Cash Banned, Freedom Gone
Cash Banned, Freedom Gone Some politicians want to ban cash, arguing that cash is helping criminals. The first steps in that direction are the withdrawal of big denomination notes and the limits imposed on cash payments. Proponents of a ban on cash claim that this will help fight criminal transactions — involved in money laundering, terrorism, and […]
Can We Grow Out Of Our Problems If We’re Not Actually Growing?
Can We Grow Out Of Our Problems If We’re Not Actually Growing? The rationale for today’s easy money policies is pretty straightforward: Falling interest rates and rising government deficits will counteract the drag of excessive debts taken on in previous stimulus programs and asset bubbles, enabling the developed world to create wealth faster than it […]
Going Into Debt to Invest Into Debt…
Going Into Debt to Invest Into Debt… Bankers Hate It When You Hold Cash In an extraordinary turn of events, last week we were contacted by our local bankers. Since we were turned down for a mortgage in 1982 (our business finances were thought to be “too shaky”), we have had little truck with them. We pay […]
Western Mistakes, Remade in China
Western Mistakes, Remade in China SHANGHAI – The Chinese economy faces an enormously challenging transition. To achieve its goal of joining the world’s high-income countries, the government has rightly urged a “decisive role for the market.” But, while market competition works well in many sectors, banking is different. Indeed, over the last seven years, China’s […]
The Other Problem with Debt No One is Talking About
The Other Problem with Debt No One is Talking About Nearly 7 years have elapsed since the official end of the Great Recession. By now it’s painfully obvious the rising tide of economic recovery has failed to lift all boats. In fact, many boats bottomed out on the rocks in early 2009 and have been […]
Illinois on the Brink of Bankruptcy
Illinois on the Brink of Bankruptcy The Hunt for Taxes The pension crisis is brewing and the one state that appears to be heading toward a complete bankruptcy is Illinois. Clients should not own ANY debt from Illinois, be it city, municipal, or state. Just get out before the curtain falls. The Illinois Constitution plainly states […]
IMF’s Christine Lagarde: “When The World Goes Downhill, We Thrive”
IMF’s Christine Lagarde: “When The World Goes Downhill, We Thrive” When we wrote earlier that based on a leaked Wikileaks transcript, which the Greek government interpreted “as revealing an IMF effort to blackmail Athens with a possible credit event to force it to give in on pension cuts which it has rejected“, the article promptly went viral. […]
Canada goes full Krugman. Finance minister jacks up borrowing and spending, confirms gold sale – Peter Diekmeyer
Canada goes full Krugman. Finance minister jacks up borrowing and spending, confirms gold sale – Peter Diekmeyer Bill Morneau took centre stage last week in the Canadian Parliament and didn’t disappoint. The new Liberal finance minister’s first budget jacked up program spending across the board, to be paid for by borrowing and, eventually, presumably, money […]
“Are We Prepared to Impose Temporary Debt Standstills?”
“Are We Prepared to Impose Temporary Debt Standstills?” In a remarkable turnaround, foreign investors are estimated to have pumped over $35 billion into emerging market (EM) stocks and bonds in March, the highest monthly inflow in nearly two years, according to the Institute of International Finance. One of the biggest beneficiaries is Latin America, which […]
The Other Problem with Debt No One is Talking About
The Other Problem with Debt No One is Talking About Faux Growth Recovery Nearly 7 years have elapsed since the official end of the Great Recession. By now it’s painfully obvious the rising tide of economic recovery has failed to lift all boats. In fact, many boats bottomed out on the rocks in early 2009 […]
