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Lawrence White on Friedrich von Hayek
I caught this video along with the Keynes video I just profiled. Look at this as a rebuttal to some of the themes Lord Skidelsky went through in that previous video. Lawrence White explains the genesis of the Austrian Theory of Boom and…
Robert Skidelsky on John Maynard Keynes
Good interview and interesting analysis of the personal history of Lord Keynes. Skidelsky does a good job of describing Keynesianism in 15 minutes. My main criticism is that I feel he failed to adequately address the malinvestment issue…
Deficit Attention Disorder
By Annaly Capital Management Senator Rand Paul is on the tape promising to unveil a budget with $500 billion in expense cuts in one year, and that he will not spare any government program or agency from his scythe, including the Defense…
What’s So Funny ‘Bout Love, Peace and Understanding in Chimerica?
by Edward Harrison I was watching the Obama – Hu Press conference this afternoon and it was a veritable lovefest considering the acrimonious backdrop from 2010. You lot were thinking it was going to be like this Obama-Hu press conference…
Greenspan Confirms the Fed’s Highly Leveraged Fix
Frederick J. Sheehan is the author of "The Coming Collapse of the Municipal Bond Market"(Aucontrarian.com, 2009) On January 7, 2011, Kelly Evans of the Wall Street Journal interviewed former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan…
China as the Bad Guy?
In anticipation of the state visit by Chinese Leader Hu Jintao, I spoke about the pressure on US politicians to do something about the Chinese currency problem with RT America's Alyona Minkovski on the Alyona Show last night. The video is…
Comments by Faber, Gross, Roach, and Grantham on the Political Economy
Over the past several days, I have caught some very good commentary by a number of well-known financial industry experts. I wanted to share my own thoughts with you on their commentary, especially in light of my last posts on Eisenhower's…
Remembering Eisenhower’s Farewell Address 50 Years Later
While today is a national holiday in the United States, in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it is also the 50th anniversary of former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower's famous farewell presidential address. Ike's speech warned…
One Step Forward in the Euro Zone?
By Claus Vistesen It would have been hard to believe only a few weeks ago that the euro zone could be the source of any good news, let alone news to help push the market forward. Yet, with last week’s successful bond auctions and the…
Marc Faber, what are you worrying about?
Marc, you have been very quiet. What are you worrying about? Faber: Have you got an hour? You are all wrong. You say you would do this or that if you were policymakers, but nobody says "I wouldn't do a thing. I would let the market…