Author Archives: MN Gordon

Clogging Up the Economy

By most accounts, as the season turned from winter to spring in 2013, economic recovery was ready to bloom.  The economy’s fields had been tilled and planted with care…housing was finally on the upswing.  Plus, the Federal Reserve was sprinkling … Continue reading

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The Biggest Baddest Bubble of All

“The Fed is ‘like a wet blanket all over the economy,”’ said David Stockman on The Daily Ticker on Tuesday.  “Everything is being micromanaged by them … they will fail and take private enterprise economy down with it.” The former … Continue reading

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Open Season on Savers

Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises called it time preference.  That is, the assumption that, all else being equal, people prefer attainment of a given end sooner rather than later.  People prefer present satisfaction over future satisfaction. These days’ people’s time … Continue reading

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Ignore Banks’ Bearish Statements on Gold

Ignore Banks’ Bearish Statements on Gold By Jeff Clark, Senior Precious Metals Analyst Goldman Sachs has lowered its gold price projections and says the metal is headed to $1,200.  Credit Suisse and UBS are bearish.  Citigroup says the gold bull … Continue reading

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