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First We Conquer Iceland

Mar 7th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, International, Macro Economics, Politics
The law of unintended consequences states that actions, especially governmental ones, always have unintended and unpredictable effects. These unanticipated effects can be far more powerful than the planned ones. Thus, economists often use this law as a warning to politicians that policies commonly 'achieve' the opposite of their intentions. For ...read more

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Focus on Currencies, Part I

Feb 12th, 2007 | By | Category: Currencies
 What follows is Part I of a focus on currencies including the U.S. dollar index, the yen, the euro, the British pound, and the Canadian dollar. There is a special emphasis on the yen. This analysis covers five factors: Technical analysis Politics Commitment of traders (speculation vs. hedging) of currency futures The carry trade Fundamentals Let's kick ...read more

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The Fall of the Dollar: Slouching Towards a Currency Crunch

Aug 25th, 2005 | By | Category: Currencies
Sean Brodrick analyzes the recent Fall of the Dollar, explains why it's important, and also takes a look at the Canadian Dollar. "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed..." -- W.B. Yeats YEATS' WORDS -- a vision of Armageddon -- have ...read more

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