Browsing: Economic

On July 13, the field of economic education lost one of its leading educators, Dr. Mark C. Schug. I had the privilege of knowing Mark for…

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Yves here. This is depressing. Politicians, businessmen, economists and following them, the popular press, have fetishized economic growth even though a lot of is it groaf…

Warnings from the Bank of International Settlements, even though written in dry economese, are worth heeding. It was the BIS, specifically Willam White and Claudio Borio,…

Whether by design or chance the Trump administration’s bomb and dance routine on Iran has had a devastating effect on its western neighbor. Iraq’s trade routes are…

“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.” – Will and Ariel Durant, The Story of Civilization Enemy Within…

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If you’ve consumed any financial commentary over the years, you’ve likely heard of Gary Shilling. His legendary, against the herd, call on interest rates in 1980…

Over the last few years, it appeared that the Federal Reserve was finally attempting to get its house in order. After the insane pandemic-era peaks, where…

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