Category Archives: Inflation
How the World Becomes Unrecognizable
Ninety three percent of Americans believe Elvis Presley is dead. That means 7 percent believe he’s still alive. The real insight here is that 7 percent of Americans are morons. The secondary insight is that a statistical result of 93 … Continue reading
Lost in Transmission
On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen offered several insights into what she wants you to believe she’s doing. For starters, she wants you to think that, definitely maybe, she will raise rates soon. But not too soon. And certainly … Continue reading
Monkey Economics
Despite the advent of the tablet phone and microwave kettle corn, there are still rudimentary evolutionary responses hardwired into the core of the human psyche. During moments of failing they take over and suppress clear thinking. How else can one … Continue reading
Connecting the Dots on Employment and Inflation
One principal conundrum of the extreme monetary policies of the last eight years is on the subject of consumer price inflation. Expansion of the money supply is, by definition, inflation. Yet how come, following a quadrupling of the monetary base, … Continue reading
