Monthly Archives: August 2015

Manna from Heaven

Modern day monetary policy’s something we disparage around here at the Economic Prism.  Relegating what price to set the key lending rate to a cadre of unelected technocrats is a contradiction of life in a free society.  That’s how we … Continue reading

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All Bets Are Off

Stock markets across the planet gazed out across the economic landscape yesterday and vomited all over themselves.  After that, they convulsed and dry heaved again and again.  For the global economic disfiguration has grown so grotesque, so awesomely awful, that … Continue reading

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The Fed’s Edifice Crumbles Away

There have been many appeals to ignorance over the last several years with respect to the effectiveness of monetary policy.  One popular tactic of policy goons is to point to an improved economic statistic – like unemployment – and self-adulate … Continue reading

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Doug Casey on the Real FIFA Scandal

Doug Casey on the Real FIFA Scandal By Doug Casey, The Casey Report The truth be known, I really don’t give a damn about soccer.  Nor do most Americans. Indeed, until recently, all that most Americans knew about “football” was … Continue reading

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