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The Next Great European Financial Crisis Has Begun
June 18th, 2015
The Greek financial system is in the process of totally imploding, and the rest of Europe will soon follow. Neither the Greeks nor the Germans are willing to give in, and that means that there is very little chance ...
What Lessons from Part-Timers about the US Labor Market?
June 15th, 2015
The US unemployment rate has been in the range of 5.4-5.5% since February, which is clearly a vast improvement from its peak of 10% in October 2009. But of course, no single number will capture the health of the ...
Investors Start To Panic As A Global Bond Market Crash Begins
June 4th, 2015
Is the financial collapse that so many are expecting in the second half of 2015 already starting? Many have believed that we would see bonds crash before the stock market crashes, and that is precisely what is happening right ...
The Earned Income Tax Credit
May 26th, 2015
The single largest federal program for providing cash assistance to those with low incomes is the Earned Income Tax Credit, which in 2014 reduced taxes owed by the working poor by about $3.6 billion while transferring to those households ...
It Is Mathematically Impossible To Pay Off All Of Our Debt
May 25th, 2015
Did you know that if you took every single penny away from everyone in the United States that it still would not be enough to pay off the national debt? Today, the debt of the federal government exceeds $145,000 ...
Bitcoin: A Remarkable Innovation and Its Limitations
May 20th, 2015
My own sense is that popular interest in Bitcoin peaked about 12-18 months ago. Perhaps that interest will return. But for now, my sense is that Bitcoin represents a remarkable–indeed, a breakthrough–innovation which nonetheless is beginning to show its limitations. Rainer ...
Are They About To Confiscate Money From Bank Accounts In Greece Just Like They Did In Cyprus?
May 19th, 2015
Do you remember what happened when Cyprus decided to defy the EU? In the end, the entire banking system of the nation collapsed and money was confiscated from private bank accounts. Well, the nation of Greece is now approaching ...
Breakdown of US Corporate Profits
May 6th, 2015
Although the US corporate income tax is an almost continual subject of dispute, most people don’t know any details about what kinds of corporations that earn the profits. For example, are the companies earning profits disproportionately large or small? ...
Experts Are Warning That The 76 Trillion Dollar Global Bond Bubble Is About To Explode
May 5th, 2015
Warren Buffett believes “that bonds are very overvalued“, and a recent survey of fund managers found that 80 percent of them are convinced that bonds have become “badly overvalued“. The most famous bond expert on the planet, Bill Gross, ...
11 Signs That We Are Entering The Next Phase Of The Global Economic Crisis
April 24th, 2015
Well, the Nasdaq finally did it. It has climbed all the way back to where it was at the peak of the dotcom bubble. Back in March 2000, the Nasdaq set an all-time record high of 5,048.62. On Thursday, ...
