Category Archives: MN Gordon

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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Fighting the Next War

The unemployment rate remains stubbornly high.  But other than that, the economy seems to be pleasantly improving.  Sure the dark clouds on the horizon from Cyprus could take some of the wind out of the stock market’s sails.  Nonetheless, the … Continue reading

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Dark Clouds on the Horizon

Wow!  Just when we thought we’d seen it all, something fantastic happened.  What a delightful treat… The tiny island nation of Cyprus has the whole European continent welcoming spring with the frosted hearts of a December blizzard.  For a brief … Continue reading

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