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Paul Krugman Doesn’t Know T-Shirt Economics
The DOW eked out a slight gain yesterday. Nonetheless, stocks are falling. So are oil prices. Gold too. This, no doubt, brings good cheer to the Fed. For it gives them cover to print more money. Falling oil prices mask … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, MN Gordon
Tagged business cycle, DOW, federal reserve, john maynard keynes, monetizing debt, paul krugman, stimulus
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The Consequences of Lard
The Labor Department reported last Friday that consumer prices increased 0.3 percent in March. More importantly, however, when adjusting for the increase in prices, worker earnings fell 0.4 percent during the month. What this means is that wage earners are … Continue reading
Posted in Government Debt, MN Gordon
Tagged business cycle, china, consumer price index, gas prices, labor department, S&P500
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Sowing the Seeds of Mass Inflation
Around the time Elvis Presley choked on his last pill the impossible happened; inflation and unemployment increased simultaneously. Economists were confounded. According to the Philips curve there was supposed to be an inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment. When the … Continue reading
False Booms
Consumers are borrowing money again…and they’re borrowing a lot of it. Last week the Federal Reserve reported that consumer credit increased $19.3 billion in December. This increase dwarfed the $7 billion median forecast of a Bloomberg News survey of economists. … Continue reading
Posted in MN Gordon, Politics
Tagged bubble, business cycle, debt, dollar, government meddling
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