David Stockman, former congressman and White House budget director under Ronald Reagan, fired shots across the Federal Reserve’s bow recently with articles and interviews promoting his new book, The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in A ...
Us Economy Articles
Blog Post - April 19th, 2013
All terms: Austerity, Bubble, central bank, Debt, education, Federal Reserve, finance education, financial education, Free Market, Government, US Economy
Blog Post - April 8th, 2013
Just east of Sacramento and right on the edge of the Sierra Nevada mountains lies a seemingly bucolic area that was, in the 1840s, the hub of the California Gold Rush. Today, more than 150 years later, this same region is beginning to experience a minin ...
All terms: Bretton Woods, California, Default, Free Market, Gold, gold miner, Gold Mines, gold mining, Inflation, Michael Maloney, Money, Silver, US Economy, Wealth Cycles
Blog Post - February 22nd, 2013
A new opera based on, of all things, an argument between two different economic philosophies, will premiere this spring. Meanwhile, the argument that inspired the musical work continues to simmer: Does economic austerity work? As Michael Maloney might s ...
Blog Post - February 11th, 2013
Zombies are the monster du jour in America right now, their popularity reflected in everything from movies and TV series to Homeland Security training exercises. Even major stars such as Brad Pitt are being featured in zombie-themed movies. Even pro ...
Blog Post - February 4th, 2013
While most of the world clings to its doomed global fiat currency system, desperate to keep the Ponzi scheme afloat for as long as possible, a small number of governments have set up laws that anticipating the changes, and will benefit their neighbors a ...
All terms: Currency, Economic Growth, employment, Free Market, Free Trade, Gold, gold market, Government, Government, Keynes, Monetary Policy, Personal Finance, Trade, U.S. economy, US Economy
Blog Post - January 21st, 2013
It is possible with the same freedom of choice in money that U.S. citizens struggle for, North Korea could meet the new ambitious goals laid out by its new young leader, including to become an “economic giant.” As the U.S. already achieved this goal ...
All terms: China, Communism, Currency, education, F.A. Hayek, finance education, financial education, financial trends, Food, Food Crisis, Food Prices, Free Market, Free Market, Free Trade, Government, Government Intervention, International Trade, Monetary Policy, North Korea, Price, Socialism, US Economy
Blog Post - January 18th, 2013
Money Market Mutual Funds (MMMFs) have historically been a bulwark of a free-functioning economy, offering institutional investors a safe if low-yielding haven to park their cash for short interim periods and providing companies a place to stash cash ...
All terms: Assets, bank bailouts, banking, Currency Manipulation, Debt, Default, Deflation, depression, education, Federal Reserve, finance education, Financial Crisis, financial education, Financial Literacy, financial trends, Free Market, Free Market, Government Intervention, Monetary Policy, Personal Finance, Scam, Stocks, Trade, US Economy
Blog Post - January 2nd, 2013
If the mainstream media headlines are to be believed, the housing market is poised for a strong comeback in 2013. Not so fast, says Chris Whalen of Carrington Investment Services in this Fox News video clip. Sure, sales, prices and building sta ...
All terms: Credit, economic future, economy, employment, financial markets, Free Market, Government, Government Intervention, GSE, Housing Market, investment education, investment opportunities, mortgages, Personal Finance, Real Estate, real estate bubble, regulatory reform, U.S. Housing Market, Unemployment, US Economy
Blog Post - December 31st, 2012
Gold, seemingly everywhere and nowhere at the same time, has popped up on the mainstream radar, after spending the year beating stock markets as the less volatile asset and completing yet another year in a recognized bull market. That’s a lot more than ...
All terms: Currency, currency, currency inflation, Debt, economic education, economic history, education, Federal Reserve, financial history, Financial Literacy, financial planning, Gold, Government, Hyperinflation, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Personal Finance, precious metals, Security, Toilet Paper, U.S. Dollar, U.S. Government, US Economy
Blog Post - December 28th, 2012
On the first Friday of every month, the Bureau Of Labor Statistics (BLS) issues the Jobs Report. This report oftentimes is a predictor and influencer of future economic reports. For this and many other reasons, the rhetoric surrounding these reports ...
All terms: economic data, economic education, economic future, Economic Growth, Economic Indicators, economic recovery, economic trends, Economics, education, employment, fraud, Government, Government, Government Intervention, investment education, Personal Finance, Scam, scandal, statistics, U.S. economy, U.S. Taxpayer, Unemployment, United States, US Economy, Wages