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The real failure of “trickle down economics”

26th July 2023 Going Postal 3119 Comments

For decades already, one of the most popular and commonly employed attacks of Keynesians and other left-leaning economists was the one against the idea of “trickle down economics”. They ridiculed the notion that a rising [more…]

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The demise of the dollar: What comes after that?

18th July 2023 Going Postal 2558 Comments

A good start Whatever one might think about which currency is better suited to be used in trade or as a benchmark or as a central bank reserve, the fact remains that the USD’s days [more…]

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The demise of the dollar: What comes after that?

11th July 2023 Going Postal 3313 Comments

Endless ink has been spilled by economists and financial analysts in their efforts to predict the impact of de-dollarization. As might be expected, most of those who embrace a US-centric view of the world and [more…]

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Pennsylvania Legislators Want Higher Unemployment, Government Dependency, and Crime

26th June 2023 Patrick Barron 2717 Comments

Last Tuesday, June 20th the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill to raise the Commonwealth’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2026. Although the bill is unlikely to pass the Senate, it seems [more…]

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Debt cancellation: the new panacea?

20th June 2023 Going Postal 2600 Comments

There is clearly a common denominator in the kind of “solutions” that the State comes up with to deal with the problems that it caused (and that’s most problems). Not only are these remedies worse [more…]

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Do Not Mourn the Fiat Dollar’s Demise as a Reserve Currency

19th June 2023 Patrick Barron 2586 Comments

The US dollar has been the world’s premier reserve currency since the Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944. Until 1971 it was redeemable by foreign central banks in gold at $35 per ounce. As long as [more…]

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“Inflation it is not an act of God”

14th June 2023 Going Postal 2709 Comments

Over the last couple of years, the UK has been increasingly in the news – for all the wrong reasons. The cost of living crisis, in particular, has been monopolizing headlines at home and abroad. [more…]

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A bank is a bank is a bank – Part II

27th April 2023 Going Postal 2639 Comments

A real systemic crisis If there was one thing more telling than the bank failures themselves, it was the governments’ reaction to them. The sheer panic that shook US, Swiss and Eurozone officials was almost pitiable [more…]

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A bank is a bank is a bank

24th April 2023 Going Postal 2890 Comments

It might sound like an old-fashioned notion, the sort of thing that one reads about in period novels and romantically sighs “oh, the good old days”. It might sound like old timely advice, perhaps of [more…]

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