The Economist discovers the Entrepreneur.
byIn its latest edition, in a piece entitled ‘Monetary policy: Tight, loose, irrelevant’, the ineffably dire Ekonomista considers the work of three members of…
monetary policy
Fed introduces new economic indicator to better assess the labour market
byEconomists at the Federal Reserve have devised a new indicator, which they hold will enable US central bank policy makers to get better information…
Ten problems, or just one?
by“Sir, The next financial apocalypse is imminent. I know this to be true because the House & Home section in FT Weekend is now…
A market reset due
byRecent evidence points increasingly towards global economic contraction. Parts of the Eurozone are in great difficulty, and only last weekend S&P the rating agency…
The Rise And Fall And Rise And Fall Of King Dollar, Part 2
byAs stated in the preceding column, here, eminent labor economist Jared Bernstein recently called, in the New York Times, for the dethroning of “King…
New Normal
byJust over three weeks ago, in his keynote address to the Global Corporocracy at the so-called ‘Summer Davos’ meeting in Tianjin, Li Keqiang firmly…
Does low US price inflation provide room for a more aggressive Fed?
byThe US Federal Reserve can keep stimulating the US economy because inflation is posing little threat, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Kocherlakota said….
End the Fed’s War on Paychecks
byThe Democratic Party has made “income inequality” a signature issue for the 2014 (and, presumably, 2016) election cycle. Democrats, en masse, shout “J’accuse!” at Republicans. …
The end of tapering and government funding
byLast year markets behaved nervously on rumours that QE3 would be tapered; this year we have lived with the fact. It turned out that…
Don’t Believe Government About Price Inflation
by[Editor’s note, this piece, by Richard Ebeling, is from EpicTimes] It is an old adage that there are lies, damn lies and then there are…