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Explaining the credit cycle

24/07/2020(0)
  This article summarises why the credit cycle leads to alternate booms and slumps. It is only with this in mind that they can be properly understood as current ... Read More
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Europe Bails Out Its Failed States with “Common” (i.e., German) Bonds

22/07/2020(0)
  The “European Project” was designed with something like the current crisis in mind. The adoption of a common currency was just the first, politically easiest, step in a ... Read More
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The new deal is a bad old deal

10/07/2020(0)
So far, the current economic situation, together with the response by major governments, compares with the run-in to the depression of the 1930s. Yet to come in the repetitious ... Read More
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Prices are going to rise — and fast!

07/07/2020(0)
  With stockmarkets barely ruffled, few are thinking beyond the very short-term and they are mostly guessing anyway. Other than possibly the very short-term as we emerge from lockdowns, ... Read More
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The crisis goes up a gear

22/06/2020(0)
Dollar-denominated financial markets appeared to suffer a dramatic change on or about the 23 March. This article examines the possibility that it marks the beginning of the end for ... Read More
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MMT —it’s just neo-Keynesian macroeconomics

12/06/2020(0)
  The doyenne of MMT, Stephanie Kelton, has published a book this week explaining modern monetary theory. This article examines the foundations of MMT which Kelton explained in an ... Read More
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Euro area unemployment at 7.3%

05/06/2020(0)
In April 2020, the second month after COVID-19 containment measures were implemented by most Member States, the euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 7.3%, up from 7.1% in March ... Read More
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Statistics, lies and the reservoir effect

04/06/2020(0)
This article debunks the misconception that GDP represents economic health. It explains how monetary flows have led to markets in financial assets inflating while non-financials in the GDP bucket ... Read More
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Why the Gold/Silver ratio is a useful indicator

26/05/2020(0)
There’s a debate in gold bug circles over whether the price difference between gold and silver – the gold/silver ratio – tells us anything useful. Some skeptics, for instance, ... Read More
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Important Factors To Consider When Investing In Cannabis

21/05/2020(0)
Cannabis is undeniably one of the most alluring commodities on the market, and it continues to grow as interested investors get onboard. However, it can be understandably difficult for ... Read More
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