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Disaster is Inevitable

banks, Debt, Fed, Government, Inflation Tagged with: Andros, Economic Problem, Gordon Long, Sham

Mar 312011

Ty Andros and Gordon T. Long have instituted a three-day per week audio discussing current events. Investors might want to listen to these. The most recent one is ANOTHER EUROPEAN CRISIS although it is particularly insightful regarding our own problems,

Hoppe, A Rothbard-Protege, Discusses The State

Government Tagged with: Hoppe, Informative Interview, The State

Mar 312011

Hans-Herman Hoppe is a man who has been painted as a kook, radical and many other epithets. These epithets are standard fare for those unwilling to deal argument. Ad hominem attacks are not refutations of ideas. merely the refuge of

A Tale of Two Economies

economy, employment, Uncategorized Tagged with: Economic policy, Employment, Heritage

Mar 312011

The following chart, courtesy of Heritage via SBVOR, shows the difference between good and bad economic policy: Share/Save Download article as PDF

Bonner on Inflation and Economy

economy, Government, Inflation Tagged with: Bill Bonner, economy, Inflation

Mar 312011

Bill Bonner has a knack of putting complex matters into simple words. Here is an example: How Inflation is Preventing a Real Economic Recovery by Bill Bonner Oh what a wicked twist… What a nasty turn… What a bummer! Now, consumer

No Recovery

economy, Uncategorized Tagged with: Media Propaganda, Michael Panzer, Recession, Stimuli

Mar 302011

My contention is that we are not in a recovery but rather a deep recession headed on our way to a Depression. Government and media propaganda has run overtime to try to pretend that matters are improving. The largest fiscal

When You Strike At A King, You Must Kill Him

Favorites, knowledge, Sowell Tagged with: International Terrorism, Libya, Obama, Quaddafi, Sowell

Mar 302011

Thomas Sowell opines on our Lybya-Qaddafi “strategy” and The World’s Greatest Strategist: The most charitable explanation for President Obama’s incoherent policy in Libya– if incoherence can be called a policy — is that he suffers from the long-standing blind spot

The Super Bowl of Monetary Policy

Fed, humor Tagged with: Fed, humor

Mar 302011

From Barry Ritholtz comes this gem: WJB Technical Analyst John Roque channels his inner imp to deliver these delightfully sarcastic bon mots: “Won’t it be cool if subsequent versions of QE are referenced with Roman numerals like the Super Bowl?” Share/Save

Food Storage

all other, Guest Post Tagged with: Food Supply, Survival Ration

Mar 302011

A reader, Jason McNew, submitted this article on food stocking, requesting that it be published. I usually don’t honor such requests, but thought there might be enough interest. I have not begun stocking food, although know many people who are.

Request for Comments/Questions

all other Tagged with: Brian Wesbury, Chris Martenson, Gonzalo Lira, Hyperinflation

Mar 292011

I received the following comment from reader ER. The questions/comments are appropriate and I intend to respond within the next few days. In the meantime, please respond with your own comments/questions that pertain to the issues raised below. I shall

Rosie on Economy

economy, Investing Thoughts, Rosenberg Tagged with: Bob Farrell, Bubble Burst, David Rosenberg, Paul Lim, Production Statistics

Mar 292011

David Rosenberg offers his usual incisive comments on the economy and suggests a couple of reads: Whether you are perma bull or perma bear or everyone in between, the column by Paul Lim in the Sunday NYT business section (The

The Results of Quantitative Easing

Fed Tagged with: Bernanke, Fed, QE

Mar 292011

Robert Murphy provides an excellent review of the results of the Fed’s Quantitative Easing policy. His conclusion: With job creation remaining scandalously sluggish, andhousing sales still on the skids, about the only thing we can say with confidence is that QE2

Markets vs Interventionism

Government, markets, Regulation

Mar 292011

Mish provides a brief lesson in “libertarian” economics vs. “regulatory” economics. I like his post, but not his dichotomy. Perhaps a better taxonomy might have been markets vs. interventionism, although with the ignorance regarding economics that exists I understand why

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