The China Syndrome Virus China has been a breeding ground for all types of unpredictables. China’s yearning for exotic foods, its history and culture, and its wild economic trajectory have made it a veritable petri dish for of all sorts of health, economic and political...
The Weakening Dollar Who says the Dollar is weakening? That’s not possible. The Dollar is the world’s preeminent currency, its Reserve Currency, the cornerstone of global commerce. The US Dollar is the very definition of “money” …, and the facts show that it’s...
Japan’s Economic Wormhole[1] The December 12th TLR contrasted the belief of Inflationists that America is on the cusp of an inflationary spiral and of Deflationists who believe that America is doomed to years of ongoing deflation … and concluded that both are right. We today...
The Confrontation Between The Inflationists and The Deflationists The battle lines have been drawn for quite a while between The Inflationists – who believe that economic forces are pushing the world into spiraling inflation – and The Deflationists – who believe that entirely different economic forces...
The Dismal Science Economics has been called “the dismal science” for any number of good reasons. It was first referred to as “dismal’ in 1849 when Victorian philosopher Thomas Carlyle used the term derogatorily to refer – depending on your historical perspective – either to...
