Tag Archives: federal reserve

Financial Repression 101

Posted on May 21, 2021 by MN Gordon

Bad ideas are flourishing like Washington lobbyists. Just look around. It’s near impossible to blink without countless crackpot ideas coming into view. What’s more, the worse an idea is, the more popular it becomes. Continue reading →

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The Fed’s Two Disagreeable Choices

Posted on May 7, 2021 by MN Gordon

Dr. Fauci – a quack – is disturbed by all the holdouts. He wants to “full-court press” the selfish anti-vaxxers who refuse to take one for the team. Continue reading →

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Fifty Basis Points To Disaster

Posted on March 12, 2021 by MN Gordon

Fiscal stimulus, including the latest $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, is a terrible joke. And the means for financing it is a terrible fraud. A massive deficit, piled upon a mammoth debt, made possible by dollar debasement. Continue reading →

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Jerome von Havenstein: Inflation Or Bust

Posted on February 26, 2021 by MN Gordon

Rudolf von Havenstein had been president of the Reichsbank – the German central bank – since 1908. He knew the workings of central bank debt issuances better than anyone. He was a central banker’s central banker. He was good at it. Continue reading →

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