Tag Archives: default
Dependent Upon A Bankrupt System
Ralph Waldo Emerson, in the mid-19th century, observed that “Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.” Perhaps Emerson meant that common sense is rather uncommon. What’s more, if common sense was uncommon in Emerson’s … Continue reading
Property Confiscation Is Coming
Outright property confiscation by governments is something that’s ardently disparaged here at the Economic Prism. There’s no justification we can rationalize for state sponsored theft. This includes penalizing those who are young and healthy with a disproportionate burden of a … Continue reading
The New Era of Fed Activism
The basic characteristic of an overextended government is that its institutions are rotten. Take the U.S. Post Office, for instance. It lost $15.9 billion in 2012. That’s over $43.5 million per day – flushed down the toilet – for an … Continue reading
Janet Yellen’s Bad Idea
Yesterday something quite remarkable happened. House Republicans and President Obama talked. We don’t know what it was they talked about. But, perhaps, it had something to do with raising the debt ceiling. Wall Street was elated. The DOW and the … Continue reading
