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Comparing Crises: 1929 with 2008 and the Next
Comparing Crises: 1929 with 2008 and the Next The business and mainstream press this month, September 2018, has been publishing numerous accounts of the 2008 financial crash on its tenth anniversary. This month attention has been focused on the Lehman Brothers investment bank crash that accelerated the general financial system implosion in the US, and […]
The Committee to Destroy the World: The Federal Reserve
The Committee to Destroy the World: The Federal Reserve The general belief among average citizens is that the purpose of central banks is to help the economy by fighting inflation and mitigating financial crisis. It’s a fairy tale that politicians like to encourage. If there were any truth to it, however, where was the Federal […]
Ray Dalio Warns ‘History Repeats’ – Understanding Big Debt Crises, Part 1
Ray Dalio Warns ‘History Repeats’ – Understanding Big Debt Crises, Part 1 Ten years ago this month, the world’s financial system nearly ground to a halt. It was a dramatic and pivotal time, which has had lasting effects on many people’s lives. But, as the founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio, […]
Patrick Barron–My letter to the NY Times re: Typical Keynesian Whitewash
Patrick Barron–My letter to the NY Times re: Typical Keynesian Whitewash Dear Sirs: Fareed Zakaria’s review of the Adam Tooze book Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World is a typical Keynesian whitewash of a deeply flawed monetary and regulatory system. Like Tooze, Zakaria sees the Federal Reserve Bank as the hero in “saving […]
Why you might as well paint a giant bulls-eye on your bank account
Why you might as well paint a giant bulls-eye on your bank account Vegetarians be forewarned… you won’t like what follows. We slaughtered a pig yesterday at the farm. I have two freezers full of pork now, and countless strips of bacon curing in the kitchen. I’ve written about this before– out here at the […]
Bubbles Always Burst: the Education of an Economist
Bubbles Always Burst: the Education of an Economist I did not set out to be an economist. In college at the University of Chicago I never took a course in economics or went anywhere near its business school. My interest lay in music and the history of culture. When I left for New York City […]
This Week In Energy: Oil Prices Hinge On Two Financial Crises
This Week In Energy: Oil Prices Hinge On Two Financial Crises It has been an eventful week. Two major financial crises are destroying the bullish case for oil. The Greek crisis continues, although there are signs that some semblance of a solution is at hand. Europe had demanded a new proposal and set this Sunday […]
Misreading the Lessons From Financial Crises – NYTimes.com
Misreading the Lessons From Financial Crises – NYTimes.com. “There are good crises and there are bad crises. Every crisis breaks a deadlock and sets events in motion. It is either a disaster or an opportunity. A bad crisis is one in which no one has the power to make good use of the opportunity and […]
