Category Archives: Government Debt
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
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
This is War
Exactly 20-years ago this month we got our first email address. We were entering freshman year of college. Along with a student identification card we received an email account. The World Wide Web was a Wild West frontier at the … Continue reading
Deflation with a Capital D
There’s a good ole fashioned market panic taking place in the Far East. Buyers of Chinese stocks have become scarcer than hen’s teeth. Even the highly visible hand of the Chinese government can’t arrest the freefall. On Monday, for example, … Continue reading