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Keynesian thought is utopian
Credible economists like Hayek, even von Mises and Milton Friedman knew the limits of positivism in economic models. It isn’t that they eschewed them outright, they knew the margins of their discipline, spending their time more on exposition in defense … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Macro-economics, Macroeconomics, Uncategorized
Tagged Macroeconomics, NAIRU, Phillips Curve
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The Democrats, The Wilderness & the Affinity Between Statism & U.S. Business
During a crisis, if one possesses a sufficient enough grasp of identity, you turn outward not inward. When the Republican’s lose bad they return from the wilderness stronger; having profound moral, political sources, the Republican party hardly suffers from renewal … Continue reading
Hardly a Balkanized Federal Reserve
Let’s get power relations straight. The Federal Reserve is a powerful, even a transnational power. It is arguably the single most powerful institution on the planet. It TOO can be defeated, weakened, and brought down. The impact of weak purchasing … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Federal Reserve, Macro-economics
Tagged Federal Reserve, Macroeconomics
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Deflation: The New Normal.
Let’s face it, the world is getting dangerous, and those with wealth throughout the world are finding U.S. Treasuries. Capital flows into the U.S. economy has appreciated the dollar. This along with deflation is a very good sign for American … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Political Economy
Tagged Central BAnks, deflation, Economy, Inflation, Keynes, Macroeconomics, Money
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A New Tyranny: The Fatal Conceit of Macro-Prudential Policy
Let’s face it, the Federal Reserve is out of ammunition. By any standard, the world’s most powerful institution is impotent. So is Congress, who punted immediately to the credentialed technocracy that is the ‘Fed.’ One can see it now, the … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Islam
Tagged Caliphate, Fatal Conceit, Hayek, Macro-Prudential, Macroeconomics
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Unemployment & Federal Reserve
It’s a shame the Federal Reserve still uses an ideological template (Phillips curve) to arrogate to itself a power that was discarded by Volcker and Reagan. What both men proved was that there really NEVER was a trade off between … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged Employment, Labor Market, Macro-Prudential, Macroeconomics, Obama, U6, Unemployment
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China: Currency Wars & Liberalization
China is best studied geographically as an island cut off from the world, its geography constitutes a political, social challenge as Beijing begins its own tapering in hope of liberalizing central banking to the effect of moving its domestic economy … Continue reading
Posted in China
Tagged Beijing, Central Bank, China, Economics, exchange rate, fiscal, liberalization, Macroeconomics, Monetary, reform, reserves
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Why There’s NO Inflation
Ok, let’s set the record straight: you need two things for inflation. You need to print money and you need monetary velocity (people spending). Question: why is there no inflation? The answer just isn’t a lack of velocity. The real … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Money
Tagged Bernanke, Central Bank, Economy, Inflation, Macroeconomics, monetary base, monetary velocity, Print Money, QE
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Smack Down @ Team Federal Reserve
We really shouldn’t believe for a moment that the affinity which compels most economists to join Keynesian “Kraft” in D.C. is benevolent leadership. Keynes’ own Fabian beliefs notwithstanding, do we really need at this critical juncture in our Nations history, … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged Federal Reserve, Friedman, Greenspan, Inflation, Macroeconomics, Monetary Regimes, Summers, synoptic approach, Vockler, von Mises, Yellen
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