Category Archives: MN Gordon
Constructive Simplicity for China’s Communist Party Plenum
The People’s Bank of China cut benchmark interest rates by 0.25 percent on Friday. This was the sixth time they’ve lowered interest rates within a year. Bank reserve requirements were also reduced by 0.5 percent. Economic growth has gradually declined … Continue reading
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
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
