Tag Archives: debt
Rational Insanity
Dark storm clouds gather along the economic horizon. They multiply ominously with each passing day. The recovery, weak as it has been, has run for nearly seven years. Now it appears to be sputtering and stalling out. On Tuesday, for … Continue reading
Deficit Spending is Not the Answer
Central bankers and monetary adherents the world over are united in the common grouse that fiscal policy is lacking. Grander programs of direct stimulation are needed, they grumble. Monetary policy alone won’t cut the mustard, they gripe. Hardly a week … Continue reading
Alan Greenspan’s Pickled Economy
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan resurfaced this week. We couldn’t recall the last time we’d heard from him. But, alas, the old fellow’s in desolate despair. On Tuesday, for instance, he told Bloomberg he hasn’t been optimistic for “quite … 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
