Category Archive: 6b) Austrian Economics

Donald and the Dollar

John Connally, President Nixon’s Secretary of the Treasury, once remarked to the consternation of Europe’s financial elites over America’s inflationary monetary policy, that the dollar “is our currency, but your problem.” Times have certainly changed and it now appears that the dollar has become an American problem.

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A Recession-Proof Industry That Few Investors Know

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US Financial Markets – Alarm Bells are Ringing

When discussing the outlook for so-called “risk assets”, i.e., mainly stocks and corporate bonds (particularly low-grade bonds) and their counterparts on the “safe haven” end of the spectrum (such as gold and government bonds with strong ratings), one has to consider different time frames and the indicators applicable to these time frames.

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Dirk Müller im Tagesausblick vom 17.01.2017 – Disruptive Zeiten voraus

“Wir stehen vor ganz disruptiven Zeiten, in denen alles was wir bisher als sicher glaubten, möglicherweise über den Haufen geworfen wird” – Dirk Müller kommentiert im heutigen Tagesausblick auf Cashkurs.com die aktuellen Entwicklungen in Politik und Wirtschaft sowie die neuesten Äußerungen von Donald Trump und Angela Merkel. Weitere Themen des heutigen Ausblicks: Notwendige Korrektur an …

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[1/6/17] – 144. The Economics of Government Regulations with Dr. Per Bylund

The show notes page for this episode can be found at: http://www.wakeupcallpodcast.com/regulations Dr. Per Bylund, author of “The Seen, the Unseen, and the Unrealized: How Regulations Affect Our Everyday Lives,” joins Adam Camac to discuss the economics of government regulations and how regulations restrict competition and choices and make people poorer.

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Crony Socialism and Failed CEOs

Whenever a failed CEO is fired with a cushy payoff, the outrage is swift and voluminous. The liberal press usually misrepresents this as a hypocritical “jobs for the boys” program within the capitalist class. In reality, the payoffs are almost always contractual obligations, often for deferred compensation, that the companies vigorously try to avoid.

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Trump’s Trade Catastrophe?

It is worse than “voodoo economics,” says former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. It is the “economic equivalent of creationism.” Wait a minute – Larry Summers is wrong about almost everything. Could he be right about this?

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Trump’s Plan to Close the Trade Deficit with China

Jack Ma is an amiable fellow. Back in 1994, while visiting the United States he decided to give that newfangled internet thing a whirl. At a moment of peak inspiration, he executed his first search engine request by typing in the word beer.

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Dirk Müller im Tagesausblick vom 13.01.2017 – Geldabzug aus China

“Geld verlässt im zwei- bis dreistelligen Milliardenbereich pro Monat das Land” – Viele Chinesen versuchen, Ihr Geld ins Ausland zu schaffen und greifen dazu auf unkonventionelle Methoden zurück. Dirk Müller kommentiert neben diesem Thema im heutigen Tagesausblick auf Cashkurs.com unter anderem ein mögliches Downgrade der Ratingagentur Fitch für die USA und Angela Merkels Warnung vor …

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We Are All Low-Skilled Workers Now

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Regime Change: The Effect of Trump’s Victory on Stock Prices

On January 20 2017 Donald Trump will be sworn in as the new president of the United States. On the stock market his victory has triggered a lot of advance cheer already: the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by a sizable 7.80 percent between the election and the turn of the year.

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Contrarian Market Predictions for 2017 from Jared Dillian

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Neo Feudalism and Basic Income

It is difficult to say exactly how, or when, the next collapse will be triggered, but, as SHTFPlan.com's Mac Slavo notes, of course all the conditions are ripe for it. What can be certain is that the technocrats intent on controlling the future are already engineering the post-collapse society.

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Money Creation and the Boom-Bust Cycle

A Difference of Opinions, In his various writings, Murray Rothbard argued that in a free market economy that operates on a gold standard, the creation of credit that is not fully backed up by gold (fractional-reserve banking) sets in motion the menace of the boom-bust cycle.

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First ZeroHedge Symposium and Live Fight Club

For over four decades, many of the planet's biggest trouble makers and assholes have met each year in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum with the humble mission of, "Improving the state of the world."

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The Tatiana Show – Dr. Robert Murphy

Tatiana interviews author, speaker, and economist Dr. Robert P. Murphy! Topics include: –“The Effect of Trump on the Economy” –“Government and the Environment” –“The Failed Health System” –“The Russian Election Hacks” About the Guest: -Robert Murphy is a Research Assistant Professor at the Free Market Institute (FMI) at Texas Tech University. Dr. Murphy earned his …...

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Dirk Müller im Tagesausblick vom 10.01.2017 – Wahljahr / “Forderungen” der SPD

“Die SPD fordert eine Obergrenze für Managerboni. Es ist Wahljahr oder wie andere sagen: Märchenjahr” – Dirk Müller kommentiert im heutigen Cashkurs-Tagesausblick die Diskussion um Managergehälter und die Haltung der Politik in dieser Frage. ___________ Im heutigen Tagesausblick u.a. Thema: Automobilindustrie: Trumps Drohungen, Steigende Armut in Europa & Der gläserne Kunde wird immer gläserner – …

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A Trade Deal Trump Cannot Improve

BALTIMORE – People can believe whatever they want. But sooner or later, real life intervenes. We just like to see the looks on their faces when it does. By that measure, 2017 may be our best year ever. Rarely have so many people believed so many impossible things.

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ALERT Ronald Stöferle Silver Price Will Profit from Rising Inflation up to 25$ in 2017

Ronald Stöferle: Silver Price Will Profit from Rising Inflation up to 25$ in 2017. Interview with Fund Manager at the Mines & Money in London. Economic collapse and financial crisis is rising any moment. Getting informed about collapse and crisis may earn you, or prevent to lose money. Do you want to . Get Membership …

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Dirk Müller im Tagesausblick vom 05.01.2017 – Donald Trump holt Jay Clayton in sein Team

“Wenn der Bock zum Gärtner gemacht wird” – Donald Trump plant mit Jay Clayton einen weiteren Vertrauten der Banken im Vorsitz der Börsenaufsicht zu installieren. ____ Jetzt den ganzen Tagesausblick von Dirk Müller ansehen – Mit dem 14-tägigen Gastzugang oder der Premium-Mitgliedschaft zu Sonderkonditionen: http://bit.ly/2j85pTv Weitere Themen des heutigen Tagesausblicks: • Märkte kurzfristig überhitzt • …

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