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Post Peak Minsky—Debt, Unsustainability, and Inequality

Post Peak Minsky—Debt, Unsustainability, and Inequality It has occurred to me that the fungibility of public debt is not sufficiently recognized—and perhaps of private debt as well.  In other words, when our government in the U.S. engages in deficit spending, the focus is generally on who, precisely, is the immediate beneficiary.  As Richard Heinberg notes […]

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The S&P Is A Bloated Corpse

The S&P Is A Bloated Corpse  Fan Ho In Paris 1953 Update: I never did this before, but now I think I must: change the title of an article. “Minsky and Volatility” isn’t nearly as good as “The S&P Is A Bloated Corpse”. Simple, really. The URL will be the same as before According to […]

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The Automatic Earth Primer Guide 2017

The Automatic Earth Primer Guide 2017   Pablo Picasso Bull plates I-XI 1945Nicole Foss has completed a huge tour de force with her update of the Automatic Earth Primer Guide. The first update since 2013 is now more like a Primer Library, with close to 160 articles and videos published over the past -almost- 10 […]

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China Relies On Property Bubbles To Prop Up GDP

China Relies On Property Bubbles To Prop Up GDP Carl Mydans Sharecropper’s family in Mississippi County, Missouri 1936Lots of China again today. Most of it based on warnings, coming from the BIS, about the country’s financial shenanigans. I’m getting the feeling we have gotten so used to huge and often unprecedented numbers, viewed against the backdrop of […]

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QE Breeds Instability

QE Breeds Instability Central bankers have promised ad nauseum to keep rates low for long periods of time. And they have delivered. Their claim is that this helps the economy recover, but that is just a silly idea. What it does do is help create the illusion of a recovering economy. But that is mostly […]

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