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Circulus in probando

2016-04-15

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2016-04-15

In the latest semi-annual Keynesian incantation spewed out by the world’s best pseudo-scientists, we learn that growth has been too slow for too long and that in itself is the cause of slow growth. First, they promote debt-funded consumption because ...

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A Take On How Negative Interest Rates Hurt Banks That You Will Not See Anywhere Else

2016-04-14

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2016-04-14

The Bank of Japan and the ECB are assisting me in teaching the world's savers, banking clients and corporations about the benefits of blockchain-based finance for the masses. How? Today, the Wall Street Journal published "Negative Rates: How One Swis...

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Who Lends to the Fed?

This leads to our present question. To speak of borrowing and a ready market in which the Fed can borrow, means there is a lender. Who is the lender to the Fed?

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China – A Reversal of Urbanization?

2016-04-13

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2016-04-13

  Economic and Demographic Changes We have discussed China’s debt and malinvestment problems in these pages extensively in the past (most recently we have looked at various efforts to keep the yuan propped up). In a way, China is like the proverbial ...

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Argentina – The Times, They Are A-Changing

2016-04-13

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2016-04-13

  Our Argentine “Ranch Rebellion” Is Over… for Now… BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Not much action on Wall Street yesterday. The Dow sold off slightly. Gold and oil were up a bit. How about here in Argentina? “Everything has changed. Everything.”   Mauric...

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Dirk Müller im Tagesausblick vom 13.04.2016 – Goldkäufe und Goldminen kommen in Schwung

2016-04-13

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Goldkäufe und Goldminen kommen in Schwung: Diskussionen um Brexit, Bargeldabschaffung und andere Krisenherde befeuern diese Entwicklung. Mit Cashkurs-Gold.de verfolgen wir die Chancen an den Rohstoffmärkten ganz genau und bieten Ihnen Hilfestellungen zu Investments in diesem Bereich. Die weiteren Themen des heutigen Tagesausblicks: – China: Vordergründig gute Wirtschaftsdaten befeuern Märkte – IWF senkt (wieder) Weltwirtschaftsprognose...

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State of Fear – Corruption in High Places

2016-04-13

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2016-04-13

  Mr. X and his Mysterious Benefactors As the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reports, a money-laundering alarm was triggered at AmBank in Malaysia, a bank part-owned by one of Australia’s “big four” banks, ANZ. What had triggered the alarm...

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In Memoriam: Dr. Tibor Machan

2016-04-11

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2016-04-11

  A Rara Avis – The World Is Poorer Without Him In It Our friend Dr. Tibor Machan, a greatly valued contributor to this site, has passed away on March 24.   Dr. Tibor Machan, libertarian philosopher   Unfortunately, we haven’t known Tibor for very lo...

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ZIRP, NIRP, QE, Bank Collapse and Helicopters Coming Too Late – The Lehman Effect Hits Europe – Hard!

2016-04-11

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2016-04-11

It's official, I'm calling a banking crisis in Europe. Things didn't go well the last time I did this. Of course, many will say, "But the rating agencies have learned their collective lessons. They would most assuredely warn us if the European banks...

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A Fatal Flaw in the System

2016-04-11

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2016-04-11

  The Hard Rocks of Real Life BALTIMORE – The Dow dropped 174 points on Thursday, the biggest fall in six weeks. Not the end of the world. Maybe not even the end of this year’s bounce-back bull run. As you’ll recall, stocks sold off at the beginning ...

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Gold – The Best Defense Strategy

2016-04-08

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2016-04-08

  The War on Cash is on! If you are used to making visits to your bank to make your credit card payments, you may find this no longer an option in the future. Some banks are no longer accepting (or limiting their acceptance) of cash deposits. The war...

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Dirk Müller im Tagesausblick vom 8.4.2016 – EU-Ukraine: Niederländischer Schuss gegen Brüssel

2016-04-08

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Das Video ist ein Auschnitt aus dem Tagesausblick (8. April 2016) von Dirk Müller auf www.cashkurs.com. Weitere Themen: • Welthandelsprognose: WTO sieht deutliche Abkühlung • US-Kreditvergabe: Immer mehr Konsum auf Pump • Positive Exportdaten aus Deutschland • Abschaffung des 500-Euro-Scheins: Eine teure Angelegenheit • Morgen: Anleger-Kongress des Dirk Müller Premium Aktien Fonds auf dem Heidelberger …

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Bill Bonner

2016-04-07

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Bill Bonner is a business professor at the University of Regina. He has done extensive research on P3 projects. Video created by Laura Beamish.

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Why Janet Yellen Can Never Normalize Interest Rates

Bill Bonner explains why the Fed will normalize interest rates. With higher rates, Yellen risks corporate profits and bond defaults. With higher rates, Yellen risks not only bond defaults, but also bank defaults.

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Frisky Yen Upsets Japan’s GOSPLAN

2016-04-06

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2016-04-06

  It Wasn’t Supposed to Do That… When you’re a central banker in a pure fiat money system and even your ability to print your own currency into oblivion is questioned by the markets, you really have a problem. This is actually funny on quite a number...

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Going Into Debt to Invest Into Debt…

2016-04-06

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2016-04-06

  Bankers Hate It When You Hold Cash In an extraordinary turn of events, last week we were contacted by our local bankers. Since we were turned down for a mortgage in 1982 (our business finances were thought to be “too shaky”), we have had little tru...

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Rotten to the Core

2016-04-06

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2016-04-06

  Poison Money BALTIMORE – We live in a world of sin and sorrow, infected by a fraudulent democracy, Facebook, and a corrupt money system. Wheezing, weak, and weary from the exertion of trying to appear “normal,” the economy staggers on.   Staggering...

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George Friedman: Russia Will Be Ready to Invade Ukraine Again by 2017

2016-04-05

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George Friedman writes the free weekly column “This Week in Geopolitics” (http://www.mauldineconomics.com/subscribe-twig) for Mauldin Economics. Subscribe now and get an in-depth view of the forces that will drive events and investors in the next year, decade, or even a century from now. — When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his air force to withdraw from …

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Q&A with George Friedman | 04/05/16

2016-04-05

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Send your questions for George Friedman to Mauldin Economics on Twitter (@mauldinecon) with the hashtag #TWIG. Every week, we’ll pick the most interesting questions and have George Friedman answer them in this video series. Stay tuned!

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Dirk Müller – Panama Papers: Welche Intentionen stehen dahinter?

2016-04-05

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