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The Ideological Battle Behind the U.S. Debt Crisis
The Ideological Battle Behind the U.S. Debt Crisis The U.S. national debt is at 34.7 trillion dollars. If you laid that many dollar bills end-to-end, it would wrap around the Earth 134,599 times. That’s enough to travel to the sun and back 17 times. Suffice it to say, we’re in a pickle. America is slowly approaching […]
IMF Warns Biden’s Fiscal Profligacy Poses “Significant Risks” To Global Economy ‘In Great Election Year’
IMF Warns Biden’s Fiscal Profligacy Poses “Significant Risks” To Global Economy ‘In Great Election Year’ The IMF said the the quiet part out loud today (admittedly wrapped in 100s of pages of PhD-ese) in their benchmark Fiscal Monitor this morning: pointing out that America’s recent economic performance is partially the result of the country’s unsustainable borrowing, and […]
What About Prices?
What About Prices? Chapter 8 from my forthcoming book Rebuilding Economics from the Top Down Inflation, having been quiescent for decades, became a serious issue once more with the bout of inflation that occurred after the peak of the government reaction to the Covid crisis. Though it did not reach the 12-15% levels of the […]
This Double Whammy Will Unleash Unprecedented Money Printing… or Break the U.S. Economy
This Double Whammy Will Unleash Unprecedented Money Printing… or Break the U.S. Economy Deficits, Deficits, and More Deficits, Unravelling Social Security, Money Printer Going Brrr “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.” ~ Gerald Ford The Federal Reserve is gearing […]
The Great Growth Hoax
The Great Growth Hoax For several days, ever since the supposedly amazing GDP report from quarter four 2023, we’ve been blasted by the media about how great the economy is doing. It’s exasperating because these claims do not fit with human experience. Last we heard from the Census Bureau, real income is down, and no […]
The Crash Will Be Spectacular
THE CRASH WILL BE SPECTACULAR “Interest on the federal debt is now so immense that it’s consuming 40% of all personal income taxes… If federal finances continue on their current path, we are only a few years from the entirety of income taxes being needed to finance the debt…” The government collects $2.6 trillion of […]
David Stockman on Washington’s Fiscal Doomsday Machine
David Stockman on Washington’s Fiscal Doomsday Machine Here’s one that will make your hair stand on end: The US Treasury closed the books on FY 2023, bringing the four-year cumulative deficit to $9.0 trillion! That’s right. During the last 1,461 days (FY 2020 thru FY 2023), Uncle Sam has generated $6.2 billion of red ink each and every […]
Doug Casey on the Imminent Bankruptcy of the US Government
Doug Casey on the Imminent Bankruptcy of the US Government International Man: Everyone knows that the US government has been bankrupt for many years. But we thought it might be instructive to see its current cash-flow situation. The US government’s budget is the biggest in the history of the world and is growing at an uncontrollable […]
Government “Stimulus” Keeps Having a Diminishing Effect
Government “Stimulus” Keeps Having a Diminishing Effect The United States economy recovered at a 6.5 percent annualized rate in the second quarter of 2021, and gross domestic product (GDP) is now above the prepandemic level. This should be viewed as good news until we put it in the context of the largest fiscal and monetary stimulus in […]
Debt Ceiling Drama, Yellen Begins “Extraordinary Measures” to Stave Off Default
Debt Ceiling Drama, Yellen Begins “Extraordinary Measures” to Stave Off Default Photo by Senator Mark Warner CC BY 2.0 Two years ago, the debt ceiling was lifted. Lifting the debt ceiling to make room for more government spending has been pretty routine since since 1917. Until now… While it’s quite likely that U.S. debt had already reached […]
A dangerous misunderstanding
A dangerous misunderstanding How much money should there be in the world? It is an interesting question; to which, at any time, there is a correct answer that is unknown to anyone. It is the amount at which money is able to perfectly perform its two key functions – being a medium of exchange and a store of value. […]
‘Spend as much as you can,’ IMF head urges governments worldwide
‘Spend as much as you can,’ IMF head urges governments worldwide MOSCOW (Reuters) – Policymakers worldwide should embrace more spending to help revive their stuttering economies, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Friday at Russia’s annual Gaidar economic forum. Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva did not give any specific economic forecasts, but made […]
The Next Wave Of Spending Will Not Bring Prosperity
The Next Wave Of Spending Will Not Bring Prosperity We Are Starting A New Series Of Mistakes The surprisingly bad job numbers recently released show America lost 140,000 jobs in December. A big part of the problem is that this is only one indicator of the carnage taking place in our economy. As small businesses […]
