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27 Mar Speak Softly and Carry A Big Stick; They’re All Keynsians Now*

Posted at 15:06h in Economics, International Relations, Politics 0 Comments

Speak Softly and Carry A Big Stick Big Stick Diplomacy was Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy trademark. Roosevelt described his style as “the exercise of intelligent forethought and of decisive action sufficiently far in advance of any likely crisis.” That style served America exceptionally well....

25 Mar Will Central Planning Work?; How do we Solve a Problem like North Korea?*

Posted at 15:04h in Economics, International Relations, Politics 0 Comments

Will Central Planning Work? Friday’s The Lonely Realist was distributed early on a turbulent news-filled day. That news included March’s EU factory output, which fell off the table, and U.S. manufacturing activity, which slipped to its lowest level in almost two years. The slowing...

22 Mar The Central Bankers’ Dilemma; Was Pax Americana Good for America?*

Posted at 15:01h in Economics, International Relations, Politics 0 Comments

The Central Bankers’ Dilemma On March 30th, the Federal Reserve announced that it does not intend to increase interest rates in 2019. It has put its Quantitative Tightening (QT) program on indefinite hold. Recall that it was only in November that Fed-watchers were forecasting...

27 Mar Speak Softly and Carry A Big Stick; They’re All Keynsians Now*

25 Mar Will Central Planning Work?; How do we Solve a Problem like North Korea?*

22 Mar The Central Bankers’ Dilemma; Was Pax Americana Good for America?*

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