Category Archives: Politics

Occupy Wall Street Redux

Posted on March 17, 2023 by MN Gordon

Borrowing short and lending long works mostly well most of the time. This is how modern banking works. You may be a customer at a bank. But you also supply the product. Continue reading →

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Cross Road Blues in the Time of Biden

Posted on March 3, 2023 by MN Gordon

When Robert Johnson fell to his knees at the crossroad and asked the Lord for mercy and salvation he’d already made his deal with the Devil. In exchange for his soul, Johnson could sing and play the soulful sweet-sounding blues that made him famous. Continue reading →

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Mission Accomplished?

Posted on February 3, 2023 by MN Gordon

About the time the most trusted man in America, Walter Cronkite, signed off from the CBS Evening News for the last time, something momentous happened in the U.S. credit market. Few people, apart from Bill Gross and A. Gary Shilling, understood what was going on. Continue reading →

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Are You the Collateral Damage of Central Planners?

Posted on January 27, 2023 by MN Gordon

The Conference Board – a nonprofit think tank that delivers cutting edge research – recently published its latest Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the United States.  The findings were a giant bummer.  In December, the LEI dropped for the tenth consecutive month. Continue reading →

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