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…
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Unemployment and groupthink
byOn Friday 6th February the American Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its employment estimates for January, which being better than the market expected,…
Some site statistics
byOctober 2010 was our best-ever month, with over 24,000 hits. Our top five downloads are: Huerta de Soto, Jesus, Money, Bank Credit and Economic…
Making Sense of Economic Indicators
byThe Great Austrian applied and theoretical economist Dr Frank Shostak has allowed us to publish this small article that should give you a good…
What is money?
byIn their working paper Assessing UK money supply measures in the light of the credit crunch, Toby Baxendale and Anthony J. Evans provide a better measure of the money supply. In this article, Steven Baker explores the background to the paper and indicates some key findings.
America’s $100 TRILLION problem and the death of the Provider State
byFOX Business Network’s Brian Sullivan speaks in this interview with famed economist and fmr. Chilean Labor and Social Security Minister Jose Pinera about the…
Global reach for honest money
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Bastiat’s Iceberg: A Sean Corrigan Masterpiece for Christmas
bySean Corrigan of Diapason Commodities Management packs more sound applied economics into this report than ever: Toby Baxendale provides a commentary. This is a…
Economists revolt over surprise recession data – Times Online
byVia The Times Online, we learn that many economists “revolt over surprise recession data”: Economists today cast doubt on official data showing that British gross domestic…
Happy days are here again? Another view from the City
byEquity Strategist Ewen Stewart makes the case that the national debt will within 5 years be over £150,000 per family of 4 with debt…