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Jim Grant Asks When The World Will Realize “That Central Bankers Have Lost Their Marbles”
Jim Grant Asks When The World Will Realize “That Central Bankers Have Lost Their Marbles” April 15 comes and goes but the federal debt stays and grows. The secrets of its life force are the topics at hand— that and some guesswork about how the upsurge in financial leverage, private and public alike, may bear on […]
What Comes Next——Krugman’s Fiscal Equivalent Of War
What Comes Next——Krugman’s Fiscal Equivalent Of War Somebody must have reinstated Paul Krugman’s passport. He was recently back in Japan to meet with the world’s leading economy-wrecking triumvirate —-Prime Minister Abe, BOJ Governor Kuroda and Finance Minister Taro Aso—–to dispense some desperately needed advice. Japan is on the verge of a second recession during Abe’s tenure despite his plunge […]
Earth Changes In 2016? How To Get Prepared For The Coming Earthquakes And Volcanic Eruptions
Earth Changes In 2016? How To Get Prepared For The Coming Earthquakes And Volcanic Eruptions All over the world seismic activity is increasing. In recent weeks we have seen a dramatic earthquake in Ecuador, more than 600 earthquakes have experts extremely alarmed about what is happening to Japan’s southern Island, and 37 volcanoes around the planet are erupting right […]
Eugen Bohm Von Bawerk: Chinese Dragon: Breathing Credit Fumes
EUGEN BÖHM VON BAWERK: CHINESE DRAGON: BREATHING CREDIT FUMES Economic forecasting, no matter how complex the underlying model may be, is essentially about extrapolating historical trends. We showed last week how economic models completely fail to pick up on structural shifts using Japan as an example. On the other hand, if an economy doesn’t really change much, […]
Failure of Abenomics
Failure of Abenomics Abenomics (アベノミクス Abenomikusu ?) in Japan are the economic policies advocated by Shinzō Abe since the December 2012 general election, which elected Abe to his second term as Prime Minister of Japan. Abenomics is based upon “three arrows” of fiscal stimulus, monetary easing and structural reforms. This has been a complete failure as the economy continue […]
“This Is Going To Be A National Crisis” – One Of The Largest U.S. Pension Funds Set To Cut Retiree Benefits
“This Is Going To Be A National Crisis” – One Of The Largest U.S. Pension Funds Set To Cut Retiree Benefits A dark storm is brewing in the world of private pensions, and all hell could break loose when it finally hits. As the Washington Post reports, the Central States Pension Fund, which handles retirement benefits […]
“This Is Catastrophic” – Thousands Of Gallons Of Radioactive Waste Leak At Nuclear Site
“This Is Catastrophic” – Thousands Of Gallons Of Radioactive Waste Leak At Nuclear Site The ongoing radioactive leak problems at the Hanford Site, a nuclear storage tank in Washington State, are nothing new. We first wrote about the ongoing radioative leakage at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, created as part of the Manhattan Project to build the […]
What is it like to live in a steady state economy? Miss Hokusai in Edo Japan
What is it like to live in a steady state economy? Miss Hokusai in Edo Japan “Miss Hokusai” is a delicate and beautiful movie set during the late Edo period in Japan. It may give us a feeling of what it is like to live in a steady-state economy. In the picture from the movie, […]
Dozens Of Large Earthquakes Strike As Speculation Mounts That Japan’s Southern Island May Split
Dozens Of Large Earthquakes Strike As Speculation Mounts That Japan’s Southern Island May Split Over the past 48 hours, our planet has been hit by literally dozens of earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or greater, and scientists are acknowledging that what is taking place is highly unusual. This strange shaking began toward the end of last week […]
Major 7.0 Magnitude Quake Strikes Japan, Tsunami Advisory Issued
Major 7.0 Magnitude Quake Strikes Japan, Tsunami Advisory Issued A day after yesterday’s “biggest quake since 2011’s tsunami,” at 1:25 local time, Japan was just struck with a massive aftershock in the form of a Magnitude 7.0 earthquake, which means it was roughly 10 times stronger than yesterday’s tremor: The earthquake was centered just southeast of […]
Former IMF Chief Economist Admits Japan’s “Endgame” Scenario Is Now In Play
Former IMF Chief Economist Admits Japan’s “Endgame” Scenario Is Now In Play Back in October 2014, just after the BOJ drastically expanded its QE operation, we warned that the biggest risk facing the BOJ (and the ECB, and the Fed, and all other central banks actively soaking up securities from the open market) was a lack […]
Ben Bernanke: “Helicopter Money May Be The Best Available Alternative”
Ben Bernanke: “Helicopter Money May Be The Best Available Alternatives Now that the prospect of helicopter money by the ECB has so infuriated Germany, the ECB had to reach out to Schauble to “mollify” the Germans who are dreading the second coming of monetary paradrops in one century, it was only a matter of time before Citadel’s […]
Japan Desperately Needs a Stronger Dollar, China Desperately Wants a Weaker Dollar: The Fed Can’t Please Both
Japan Desperately Needs a Stronger Dollar, China Desperately Wants a Weaker Dollar: The Fed Can’t Please Both The FX market is about to blow up in the Fed’s face, and there’s nothing they can do about it. Foreign exchange (FX) is a zero-sum game: if one currency weakens, another must strengthen. Since the value of a […]
