Confusion over US unemployment
byUnemployment is the one statistic that one would have thought is easy to define: just total up the number of people on unemployment benefit…
April, 2015
Technology Indices and Creative Destruction – When Might the Bubble Burst?
byTechnology Indices and Creative Destruction – When Might the Bubble Burst? Publically traded technology stocks trade on modest multiples compared to 2000 Private sector…
Ben Bernanke Now Blogs
byBen Bernanke presided over the Federal Reserve for two terms, from 2006 through 2014. A year and half into his first term, he began…
Midweek Macro Musings
by[This first appeared here http://truesinews.com/2015/04/08/midweek-macro-musings/] Here we present one of a series of brief runs-though of the salient events of the past week or so….
Wanna Invest in a Cryptocurrency? How about LEOcoin?
byI am sometimes asked what investors should look for if they are thinking of investing in a cryptocurrency. My initial reaction is that I…
When The Supreme Court Stopped Economic Fascism In America
by[This piece appeared first here http://www.epictimes.com/richardebeling/2015/04/when-the-supreme-court-stopped-economic-fascism-in-america/] There was a time when the Supreme Court of the United States defended and upheld the Constitutional protections…
The Science Fictional Foundation Under Paul Krugman, Part Two
byAs noted in my preceding column Dr. Paul Krugman’s reflections, as published in the UK Guardian at the end of 2012, Paul Krugman: Asimov’s…
The Science Fictional Foundation Under Paul Krugman, Part One
byPaul Krugman, a few years ago, wrote at length to extol the magnum opus of science fiction grandmaster, Isaac Asimov, the Foundation Trilogy. Prof….
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk: Leading Austrian Economist and Finance Minister of Fiscal Restraint
byWe live at a time when politicians and bureaucrats only know one public policy: more and bigger government. Yet, there was a time when…
Valuing gold – USD FMQ Update
byThere is only one way to value gold, and that is to quantify the expansion of the fiat currency in which it is priced….