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Gold is the 7th sense of financial markets

2020-02-22

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2020-02-22

Claudio Grass (CG): Looking at the interest rate policy of the last years, it would seem that central banks are backed into a corner. They cannot hike borrowing costs without risking a domino effect, as both government and corporate debt have reached record highs, encouraged by the central banks’ own NIRP and ZIRP policies. In your view, is there a “safe” way out of this vicious circle?

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Capitalism vs. Socialism | Jeff Deist

2020-02-21

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Is Bernie right to say America has become a socialist country? Mises Institute president Jeff Deist (Mises.org/Deist) joins Judge Andrew P. Napolitano on Fox Business (FoxBusiness.com) to discuss the “Capitalism vs. Socialism” debate within the Democrat Party. Original video © 2020 FOX News Network, LLC (https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6134471482001). Republished here under “Fair Use” for scholarship and research …...

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Is Free Market Economics Too “Ideological”?

2020-02-21

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2020-02-21

Free market economics is often ignorantly dismissed for being "ideological" rather than scientific. It probably sounds smart to the economically illiterate, but it is decidedly not. It doesn't mean nearly what most people assume it does. The word "free" in free market economics is not used as a normative value judgment but indicates an economy that is unaffected by exogenous (from the outside) factors.

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Zero-Interest World Makes Inflation Inevitable | Ronald Stöferle

2020-02-20

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Governments and central banks around the world are driving economies off a cliff with unprecedented monetary easing and spending stimulus. Ronald Stöferle, a partner with the wealth-management firm Incrementum AG and the publisher of the annual In Gold We Trust report, argues that negative interest rates ripple across societies in the form of unserviceable public …

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Jeff Deist: Why the U.S. is Beyond the Point of No Return

2020-02-20

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Jeff Deist (Mises.org/Deist) is president of the Mises Institute. Recorded at Loyola University New Orleans on February 15, 2020. In this clip he argues that the U.S. is Beyond the point of no return. This is part of a two-part series. Check out the talk by Cliff Maloney who argues for the converse proposition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0vo3WOeOOQ …

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Warum ich KEIN GELD mehr auf dem KONTO habe! (Deutsche Welle Interview)

2020-02-20

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Warum ich kein Geld mehr auf dem Konto habe, die Wirtschaft deutlicher denn je ihre Warnsignale aufzeigt und warum das Vertrauen in die Politik massiv an Boden verliert, all dies erfahren Sie im Interview der Deutschen Welle mit mir Marc Friedrich! Finanzen und mehr: ● * Neues Buch: https://amzn.to/2q4jfPx ● Unser Fonds: https://www.fw-fonds.de ● Website: …

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The Case Against Political Activism | Jeff Deist

2020-02-20

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American politics is in crisis. Is this because of the Constitution, or in spite of it? For many libertarians, the Constitution is a dead letter. Nobody alive today signed it or consented to it. And politicians ignored it almost from the beginning. But for many others, the allure of constitutionalism remains strong. Surely the Founders’ …

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Why It’s so Hard to Escape America’s “Anti-Poverty” Programs

2020-02-20

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2020-02-20

Sustaining Progress Against Poverty, 1960-2017
One of the most common debates that has occurred in the United States for the past six decades is the discussion of the poverty rate. As the narrative goes, the US has an unusually high poverty rate compared to equivalent nations in the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development).

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Thorsten Polleit: Mit Geld zur Weltherrschaft – Wohin der demokratische Sozialismus führt

2020-02-19

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Der Ökonom Thorsten Polleit stellte am 5. Februar 2020 sein neues Buch „Mit Geld zur Welt Herrschaft“ vor. Er sprach über die Ideen des demokratischen Sozialismus, der eine Weltwährung anstrebe, um global Einkommen und Vermögen umverteilen zu können. Dem stünden nur die Nationalstaaten entgegen, die alleine die Grundlage seien, um Freiheit, Eigentum und Demokratie zu …

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Gold is the 7th sense of financial markets

2020-02-19

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2020-02-19

Gold Price Performance: percent Annual Change
As we embark on this new decade, there are plenty of good reasons to be optimistic about gold’s prospects. The global economy and the financial system are already stretched to a breaking point and demand for precious metals is heating up. This, of course, is plain for all to see, even as mainstream investors and analysts still refuse to face facts and prefer to focus on naïve hopes of an eternal expansion.

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Some Problems with Worker Productivity Stats

2020-02-19

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2020-02-19

According to the US Labor Department, worker productivity in the non-farm sector increased at an annual rate of 1.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019 after declining by 0.2 percent in the previous quarter. For the year, productivity increased 1.7 percent, up from 1.3 percent in both 2017 and 2018. It was the best annual showing since the 3.4 percent increase in 2010.

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Andy Moran and Dr. Alvia Wardlaw: A Collector Talk.

2020-02-18

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Featured in the exhibition were original works by Dr. John Biggers, Kermit Oliver, Carroll Harris Simms, Edsel Cramer, Joe Moran, Jade Cooper, Julian Joseph Kyle, and Earlie Hudnall. Houston collector Andy Moran, a bohemian retired investment banker and real estate investor, has deep ties with Texas Southern University, and a history of befriending talented artists. Many of the works in his art collection were acquired directly from the artists and...

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Kommt überhaupt kein CRASH?

2020-02-18

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Kommt gar kein Crash? Liegen wir komplett falsch? Mit dem Erfolg unseres Buches steigt auch der Gegenwind. In mehreren Artikeln wurden wir stark kritisiert – zurecht? Wir schauen uns die Vorwürfe an und nehmen dazu Stellung Hier unser Artikel mit den Gegenargumenten zum Nachlesen:...

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Per Bylund: The Entrepreneurial Ethic

2020-02-18

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Entrepreneurs create the future and thereby change the world. Tomorrow will be different. Tomorrow is created by entrepreneurs. From the high street store owner introducing new inventory to the high tech founder introducing new features, entrepreneurs actively participate in changing the future to the way they want it to be. Real change happens through value …

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Japón y Alemania muestran la debilidad macroeconómica global

2020-02-18

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Japan and Germany Signal Lack Of Bounce In The Global Economy

2020-02-18

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Dirk Müller: Berlin – Lieber Mauern statt Brücken bauen!?

2020-02-18

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Interview: Unser Geld ist kaputt!

2020-02-18

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Unser Geld ist kaputt, sagt Thorsten Polleit, Chefvolkswirt beim Goldhändler Degussa: “Alle großen Währungen sind nach der gleichen Blaupause gebaut. Die Zentralbanken kontrollieren das Geld und schreiben es den Menschen als Monopolinstitution vor. Sie können es beliebig durch Kreditvergabe vermehren. Dieses System bringe viele Probleme mit sich, ökonomische wie ethische.” Probleme sieht Polleit viele: “Beginnen …

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Three Reasons Why Decentralization and Secession Lead to More Open Economies

2020-02-18

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2020-02-18

When we hear of political movements in favor of decentralization and secession, the word "nationalist" is often used to describe them. We have seen the word used in both Scottish and Catalonian secession movement, and in the case of Brexit. Sometimes the term is intended to be pejorative. But not always.

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The Secret to Fun and Easy Stock Market Riches

2020-02-18

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2020-02-18

Post Hoc Fallacy. On Tuesday, at the precise moment Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell commenced delivering his semiannual monetary policy report to the House Financial Services Committee, something unpleasant happened. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) didn’t go up. Rather, it went down.

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