A Uniquely American Problem | Seeking Alpha
Until now, the US economy recovered fairly briskly from the financial crisis, with solid private sector growth. The US recovery is much better than in most other areas of the […]
Government Figures Are Doctored, The Recession Lives On! | Seeking Alpha
There is still a substantial minority of people who argue that the US never really left the 2008 recession. They do not believe official data and argue that unemployment is […]
Austrian Economics Recipe For Disaster
Austrian economists like Peter Schiff and Jim Grant propose non-intervention combined with a return to the Gold Standard as a solution for the economic crisis. This is basically the recipe […]
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It was quite uncalled for to point out that Italy’s debt ratio has jumped to 130pc of GDP, or to so suggest that debt cannot keep rising on a contracting […]
What Exactly Is So Objectionable About Obamacare? – Seeking Alpha
We don’t want to meddle into domestic policy debates, but now that these are threatening economies and investment portfolios worldwide, outside observers and investors have a right to ask some […]
The Keynesian Slump – Seeking Alpha
Well the latter is obviously not happening, for whatever reason, there remains ample slack in the economy in terms of unused production capacity and unemployed and underemployed workers. An Associated […]
Rising inequality destroys the economy
I earn 1000 times the median wage, but I do not buy 1000 times as much stuff. My family owns three cars, not 3,000. I buy a few pairs of […]
Europe to follow Japan’s Abeconomics?
Budding growth in the Japanese economy, just as a recession in Europe digs in, is renewing pressure on European policymakers to shift course from austerity to stimulus via Europe to […]
Liberal Versus Conservative: A Tale Of Two Economies – Seeking Alpha
Many liberal economist argue the economy is in such a special state (called a liquidity trap or a balance sheet recession) while many conservative economist keep on applying what we […]
A Simple Graph That Should Silence Austerians and Gold Bugs Forever
Economics isn’t like a science were you can run simultaneous experiments with control groups. But the last five years have been pretty darn close to a global stimulus experiment. via […]