How unbacked lending weakens the wealth generation process
byBy Dr Frank Shostak For most commentators lending is associated with money. However, is this the case? We suggest that a lender lends savings…
Economics
Where Does Your Profit Come From?
byA few recent articles bring to the public’s awareness that wealthy investors are preferring not to sell their assets, and thereby pay capital gains…
Jerome Powell’s Quest for Economic Stability is Destabilizing
byWhen the chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank speaks the financial markets listen, and this was no different with Jerome Powell’s virtual address to…
Estonia After 30 Years of Independence: A Role Model for Europe
byby Federico N. Fernández Communism was the worst tragedy ever to befall mankind. However, the brave Estonians weathered the storm and, once they had regained…
Moving from Gold-Redeemable to Irredeemable Currency
byWhen we saw the following comment from a prominent otherwise-free-marketer, we knew it was time to write this article. “…the value of the Fed’s…
Macro-economic data: tool for government intervention
byBy Dr Frank Shostak It is common for commentators and economists to refer to something called the “economy” – which sometimes performs well and…
What is wrong with the world?
byThree things bedevil the modern world so completely that we must urgently sort them or continue down our road of self-destruction. First, what we…
The good news is your wages are up. The bad news is they’ll buy less
byLast month, CNBC sent out this tweet: Inflation’s silver lining: higher salaries https://t.co/DmXuzKlX8z — CNBC (@CNBC) July 8, 2021 It isn’t often that I’m…
Jim Rickards: Is A Global Liquidity Crisis Underway?
byI’ve been analyzing currency wars for years. In fact, I’ve written a book called Currency Wars, so I have some expertise in the subject. A…
The Crime of ’71: When Nixon Ended the Dollar’s Last Connection to Gold
byAlmost fifty years ago, on August 15, 1971, the US administration under President Richard Nixon (1913–94) abolished the gold redeemability of the US dollar….