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Life After the Credit Depression

Jan 14th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics, Politics
If you have any doubts about how historic these times are we live in, lay them aside for a moment. We'd ask you to lay your cares aside too. But we can't do that. There is too much to care about. More on that in just a second. First comes the ...read more

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The Credit Depression

Jan 13th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
Here they come. At the end of 2008, all the social and personal signs of a real depression were absent. They are making themselves present now. The suicides, the frauds, the job losses...they're all on the front pages of the papers now. If 2008 was the year of the financial ...read more

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Basic Economics

Jan 9th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics, Politics
There are so many complications, economics wise, and there shouldn't be, because as Ludwig von Mises once said, defining economics, "People Act."  It's just that simple!  Examples are everywhere.  Toyota is closing its plants for 11 days, and how many employees does this affect?  Let's say 2,000, at $200 a ...read more

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Less oil, less credit: Forecasts 2009, Part II

Jan 2nd, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics, Oil
We'll turn around early in 2009 and discover that we are a much poorer nation than we thought because from now on credit will be extremely hard to get for anyone for anything. The businesses that survive will have to keep going on the basis of accounts receivable. This is ...read more

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Indigestion on Wall Street

Sep 13th, 2007 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
The ability to create credit now extends far beyond the reach of the traditional banking system. A revolution is transforming the credit markets, establishing links among borrowers and lenders that previously would have been impossible. Every imaginable stream of future cash flow — from car and mortgage payments to the loans ...read more

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Retail Sales Bomb

May 10th, 2007 | By | Category: Macro Economics
April retail sales were expected to be weak, and excuses like an early Easter and bad weather were lined up in advance. The big surprise, however, was to the downside. April was a disaster for most retailers: "Though they may have crossed their fingers for an upside surprise here and there, ...read more

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