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2021 Year in Review: Crisis of Authority and the Age of Narratives
2021 Year in Review: Crisis of Authority and the Age of Narratives Every year, friend-of-the-site David Collum writes a detailed “Year in Review” synopsis full of keen perspective and plenty of wit. This year is no exception. Poignant and delightfully acerbic when necessary, considering the troubling times. As with past years, he selected Peak Prosperity […]
The Coming Of Depression Economics
The Coming Of Depression Economics Like it or not, this is where we have been all along and a great many people are just now catching up. No matter what Janet Yellen says about the economy, she is talking out the side of her mouth. Internally, the recovery is gone, and it is never coming […]
Central Banks Are Trapped – Are Higher Interest Rates the Only Answer?
Central Banks Are Trapped – Are Higher Interest Rates the Only Answer? COMMENT: Marty, well it looks like you have done it. The central banks are going to start raising interest rates right in line with your model. It is interesting how your computer puts the entire world before you to see. Keep up the good […]
Negative Interest Rates Destroying the World Economy
Negative Interest Rates Destroying the World Economy QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I think I am starting to see the light you have been shining. Negative interest rates really are “completely insane”. I also now see that months after you wrote about central banks were trapped, others are now just starting to entertain the idea. Is this distinct […]
Why All Central Planning Is Doomed to Fail
Why All Central Planning Is Doomed to Fail Positivist Delusions [ed. note: this article was originally published on March 5 2013 – Bill Bonner was on his way to his ranch in Argentina, so here is a classic from the archives] We’re still thinking about how so many smart people came to believe things that […]
Sweden Minister Says Cashless Society “Not Possible”; Elderly, Disabled People Blamed
Sweden Minister Says Cashless Society “Not Possible”; Elderly, Disabled People Blamed It was just a little over a week ago when we reported that Sweden had begun a 5-year countdown to becoming a cashless utopia. As The Local reported, “cash transactions today represent no more than two percent of the value of all payments made in Sweden, [and that […]
Mr. MORE!
Mr. MORE! The Man with the Inflation Plan Proving beyond a shadow of doubt that Keynesian absurdity knows no bounds, Larry Summers has graced the FT – one of the West’s premier establishment propaganda mouthpieces advocating central economic planning as practiced by modern-day regulatory democracies – with yet another cringe-worthy editorial. Larry Summers – it […]
Sweden Begins 5 Year Countdown Until It Eliminates Cash
Sweden Begins 5 Year Countdown Until It Eliminates Cash How much louder can the “ban cash” calls get? Recall it was just last year when we catalogued the growing cacophony of crazies for whom banning physical currency is the only way to ensure that depositors can’t simply reassert their economic autonomy under a low or zero rate […]
An Escalating War on Cash
An Escalating War on Cash On February 16th, The Washington Post printed the article, “It’s time to kill the $100 bill.” This came on the heels of a CNNMoney item, the day before, entitled “Death of the 500 euro bill getting closer.” The former cited a recent Harvard Kennedy School working paper, No. 52 by Senior Fellow Peter Sands, concluding that […]
The First Steps to Ending Currency
The First Steps to Ending Currency While I don’t want to sound like a broken record, it is becoming increasingly clear that the Federal Reserve, other central banks and governments around the world are laying the foundation for a negative interest rate environment that will more than likely be imposed during the next recession. Governments […]
Why The Keynesian Market Wreckers Are Now Coming For Even Your Ben Franklins
Why The Keynesian Market Wreckers Are Now Coming For Even Your Ben Franklins Larry Summers is a pretentious Keynesian fool, but I refer to him as the Great Thinker’s Vicar on Earth for a reason. To wit, every time the latest experiment in Keynesian intervention fails——as 84 months of ZIRP and massive QE clearly have—–he can be counted on to trot out […]
As War on Cash Escalates, Cash Lovers Fight Back
As War on Cash Escalates, Cash Lovers Fight Back “It would be fatal if citizens got the impression that cash is gradually taken away from them”: Bundesbank President Weidman. Over the last couple of days, bureaucrats at the European Commission and European Central Bank have expressed a keen interest in withdrawing the €500-note from circulation […]
When Cash Is Outlawed… Only Outlaws Will Have Cash
When Cash Is Outlawed… Only Outlaws Will Have Cash Control, Tax, Confiscate BALTIMORE – Harvard economist Larry Summers is a reliable source of claptrap. And a frequent spokesman for the Deep State. To bring new readers up to speed, voters don’t get a say in who runs the country. Instead, a “shadow government” of elites, […]
This Is The Real Reason For The War On Cash
This Is The Real Reason For The War On Cash Originally posted Op-Ed via The Wall Street Journal, These are strange monetary times, with negative interest rates and central bankers deemed to be masters of the universe. So maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that politicians and central bankers are now waging a war on cash. That’s right, […]