Tag Archives : inflation
What Will Compete Against the Dollar?
Relying on the U.S. dollar has its problems.
read more...The Capital Gains Tax Should Not Be Imposed on Inflationary Gains
There is a chance we’ll see some progress on this issue.
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Trump, Debt, Taxes, and Inflation
The challenge of deciphering Trump.
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Federal Reserve Easy-Money Policies: Impoverishing Savers and Endangering Investors
Can competitive currencies replace central banking?
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The Potentially Big Downside Risks of Easy Money, QE, and Artificially Low Interest Rates
A London central banker was refreshingly candid about the dangers of easy money.
read more...Ronald Reagan’s Most Under-Appreciated Triumph
Krugman’s wrong again, this time about the Gipper.
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Mocking Bad Government in America…but Be Thankful We’re Not Venezuela (at least not yet)
I’ve written a couple of serious posts about the death panels at the VA’s government-run health facilities. I think it’s particularly important to understand that the problem has nothing to do with funding levels. Instead, it’s about the chronic inefficiency of government. But sometimes mockery is more effective than analysis, and this Remy video, produced by Reason […]
read more...End the Fed: More than Just a Bumper Sticker Slogan?
To put it mildly, the Federal Reserve has a dismal track record. It bears significant responsibility for almost every major economic upheaval of the past 100 years, including the Great Depression, the 1970s stagflation, and the recent financial crisis. Perhaps the most damning statistic is that the dollar has lost 95 percent of its value […]
read more...Someone Tell Bernanke You Don’t Cure Bad Fiscal Policy with Bad Monetary Policy
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is at it again, giving an interview that combines all of the worst features of Keynesian economics. I have an excerpt below from a New York Times report, which features an amazing amount of mistakes in a very short amount of space. Here are three that demand correction.
read more...Savage New York Post Column on How Obama Economic Policy Is Causing Global Concern
I have a column in today’s New York Post, where I pull no punches as I comment on how the rest of the world is increasingly worried about Obama’s policies of easy money and deficit spending. I note that other nations often are guilty of the same mistakes, but that’s no excuse for America sinking to […]
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