Detlev on Start the Week with Andrew Marr on BBC Radio Four
On Monday, 16th January, I will be one of four guests on Andrew Marr’s show Start the Week on BBC Radio Four. The programme…
When they stop buying bonds, the game is over
I took the title for this blog from an interview that James Turk of the GoldMoney Foundation conducted with Eric Sprott, a Canadian fund…
The nightmare after Christmas
The pathetic state of the global financial system was again on display this week. Stocks around the world go up when a major central…
Last week in Europe – Some thoughts on the ongoing crisis
Apologies to my readers that no new contributions have appeared on the Schlichter Files for two weeks, and in particular that I did not…
The bubble in government bonds is finally bursting
“The government can always pay.” This is a statement that has no basis in fact. Any rational analysis will quickly expose it to be…
City AM: Elastic money is folly
From an interview with City AM: I’m absolutely convinced that this system will collapse. Nobody can say when we will reach the endpoint, but…
Infinite stupidity
“The unlimited resources” of the European Central Bank (ECB) is quickly becoming the new magic mantra in political commentary and financial market analysis, now…
Christina’s toxic cookbook
Keynesian and other mainstream economists cannot explain the present crisis. That doesn’t seem to bother them. All they can offer is a description of…
ValueWalk interviews Detlev Schlichter
Reproduced by kind permission of Jacob Wolinsky at ValueWalk.com Can you tell us a little bit about your background? I studied economics in my…
Europe’s future is coming into focus: hyperinflation
As you know, my expectations were low to begin with. I did not expect the EU summit on the debt crisis to provide a…