Money Blindness and Money Clarity
Inflation erodes economic value and distorts perceptions. People often blame rising prices instead of realizing the problem lies with the currency itself.Joakim Book Last…
Are El Salvador’s Results with Bitcoin a Reliable Indicator for the Future?
Samuel Hooton El Salvador’s adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender promised economic benefits, but limited adoption and volatility have led to failing results. Is…
Default by Inflation Is the Real Drama in the Global Debt Market
The real drama of default in global markets has not been the federal debt ceiling negotiations in Washington but the write-off by inflation. The…
Commodity Prices Debunk the “Blame Ukraine” Excuse for Inflation
Most politicians have used the “Ukraine invasion card” to justify the massive inflationary burst in 2021-2023. It does not matter if inflation was already…
Price Inflation Growth Slowed Slightly in April. Now Wall Street Will Demand More Easy Money.
The federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released new price inflation data Wednesday, and according to the report, price inflation during April decelerated slightly, coming…
Economic freedom: The key to unlocking economic growth and prosperity
Global economic freedom is declining, impacting countries’ abilities to grow their economies. Examining the link between economic freedom and prosperity. Global economic freedom is…
The Five Stages of Bank Failure Grief
The talking heads on financial TV ask everyday where we are in the banking crisis. Is it over yet? After scooping up First Republic,…
The Slowest Moving Financial Crisis: The Retirement Crisis
The retirement crisis is a slow-moving financial crisis affecting the developed world. With no proper solution in sight, it’s time to take responsibility and…
A Pyrrhic End to 130 Years of Vicious Bad Money and Banking Crises
The original vicious circle starts with inflationary interventions in an up-to-then well-anchored monetary regime. Consequent asset inflation spawns a banking crisis. That leads to…
From Discipline to No Discipline: The Sorry Evolution of Modern Banking
Every decade or so bank failures and the subsequent bailout response via central bank intervention appear. The latest jangling of depositor nerves involved US…