Author Archives: MN Gordon

Lost in Extrapolation

In the late 1970s the impossible happened.  Inflation and unemployment simultaneously went vertical.  The leading economists of the day were flummoxed. The Phillips curve said there’s an inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment.  When unemployment goes down, inflation goes up.  … Continue reading

Posted in Inflation, MN Gordon | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Economic Profanity

Significant changes are taking place.  As we noted several weeks ago, for the first time in 27 years wealth is not flowing into emerging markets.  It’s flowing out. The global economy everyone has known since the late 1980s is being … Continue reading

Posted in Government Debt, MN Gordon | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Abolish the Federal Debt Limit

One trouble with government programs is they mislead people.  Recipients believe they are getting a benefit when, in effect, they are unwittingly being placed in harm’s way.  Time and time again, under the influence of a benevolent hand of government, … Continue reading

Posted in Government Debt, MN Gordon | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Deep State

The Deep State By Doug Casey, International Man I’d like to address some aspects of the Greater Depression in this essay. I’m here to tell you that the inevitable became reality in 2008.  We’ve had an interlude over the last … Continue reading

Posted in Doug Casey, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment