Posts Tagged ‘ stimulus ’

The Effects of Epic Stimulus

Aug 25th, 2009 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Commodities, Featured, Macro Economics
What makes investing particularly difficult now is that the distortion in prices, as if reflected in a funhouse mirror. Normally market prices should reflect underlying demand and supply. As in a vegetable stand, the prices come from the buying and selling of people in the market. But with all the artificial ...read more

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Romulus, Remus, Stimulus: A Brief History of Monetary Madness

Jul 27th, 2009 | By Bill Bonner | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
Those whom the gods would destroy are first granted stimulus. When a man wins the lottery, for example, it has a stimulating effect on everyone around him. He usually spends the money quickly - often even before he gets it. But no matter how much he wins, he is usually ...read more

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Stimulus, Deficit and Elections: Obama Has No Clothes

Feb 23rd, 2009 | By David Galland | Category: Featured, Macro Economics, Politics
It would be unfair to pounce all over Team Obama this early in their administration. After all, while the Democrats bear a lot of responsibility for the knee-deep toxic mess now covering the floor of the engine room, the bulk of the responsibility has to rest on the shrugging shoulders ...read more

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