Rising yields (highest since 1999) could force Japan to sell US Treasurys to service its own debt. This would then fuel higher interest rates for US debt as well.
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Category Archive: 6b) Austrian Economics
Trump pauses 50-year mortgage plan, eyes 401(k)s for down payments
Trump has abandoned the 50-year mortgage scheme, after most people figured out it mostly helps bankers at the expense of ordinary people.
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Multifamily Delinquencies Rise Again, Hit New Post-Great Recession High
Freddie Mac’s delinquency report for multifamily properties shows delinquencies above the Great-Recession peak.
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Inequality Is Bad. The Solution Is Not Government Intervention
The 2025 G20 Global Inequality Report was a timely attempt to address inequality. However, one must be critically aware that government intervention could render matters worse.
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Making Imperialism Great Again?
Continued betrayal by President Trump of his no more regime change wars pledge will cause the president and the Republicans to lose support among younger voters.
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Meine TOP 5 Investments 2026
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Como China acabó con la pobreza, ¿De verdad?
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The Central Banking Establishment Is Genuinely Worried About Trump, but Not for the Reasons They Say
Central bankers are not afraid Trump will “politicize” the Fed and turn it into a crony arm of the government that warps the economy to benefit those close to power. They’re afraid his blind inflationism and lack of subtlety will make it impossible to hide the fact that it already is.
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Powell Should Be A Great American Villain. DC Will Make Him a Hero
The current Washington tiff between Donald Trump and Jerome Powell is being reframed as Powell heroically defending the Fed’s “independence.” In truth, the Fed has always done the administration’s dirty work and pursued inflation when it might temporarily boost the economy.
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The American Revolution and Classical Liberalism
"America, above all countries, was born in an explicitly libertarian revolution, a revolution against empire; against taxation, trade monopoly, and regulation; and against militarism and executive power."
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The American Revolution and Classical Liberalism
"America, above all countries, was born in an explicitly libertarian revolution, a revolution against empire; against taxation, trade monopoly, and regulation; and against militarism and executive power."
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The Republicans’ Conservatism Is about Defending the Status Quo
Conservatives may protest at first, but ultimately, they bring up the progressive rear to defend, and indeed celebrate, the new status quo.
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The Question: A MAGA Mea Culpa
When it comes to supporting the Trump administration, there is room for some honest self-reflection: What did I know and when did I know it?
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Cheap Credit Doesn’t Create Economic Growth – It Makes Us Poorer
Net Present Value (NPV) is a popular decision-making criteria used by firms to make key, crucial choices about how to allocate resources across an economy, but this can be misleading especially when interest rates are manipulated via inflation.
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¿Por qué Trump quiere Groenlandia?
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SNB Sight Deposits: increased by 2.3 billion francs compared to the previous week
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Heads up for NZD and CHF traders, RBNZ Gov Breman and SNB Chair Schlegel to speak
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Swiss franc appreciation has led to tighter monetary conditions – SNB minutes
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SNB’s Chairman Schlegel: A few months of negative inflation wouldn’t be a problem
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