Author Archives: MN Gordon

Disgraceful and Insulting

New discoveries were made on the economic front last week.  The Labor Department reported that 163,000 jobs were added in July.  Yet even with the new jobs, the unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent. “We’ve still got too many folks … Continue reading

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What You Can Do About the Drought and Rising Food Prices

Can you believe it?  Yesterday European Central Bank President Mario Draghi failed to clarify what he meant last week when he promised business leaders in London to do “whatever it takes to preserve the euro.” Traders were looking for concrete … Continue reading

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Collective Destruction

Last Tuesday we remarked that Mario Draghi and the European Central Bank were receiving valuable on the job training.  Most notably, that money creation operations are much harder to stop than to start. By Thursday, Draghi confirmed he’s an astute … Continue reading

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Bypassing Government Roadblocks to Your Personal Prosperity

Bypassing Government Roadblocks to Your Personal Prosperity By David Galland, Casey Research Recently I helped out with some delivery chores.  As I drove about, I discovered that one of the roads I would normally use was closed by roadblocks.  It … Continue reading

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