Foreclosure Water Torture
Home prices peaked five years ago, but a mountain of foreclosures still looms.
Booms and Busts
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The EU Crackup
Political upheaval has hit Finland, and it's merely a foreshadowing of bigger changes ahead.
Boombustology
Mansharamani uses the work of Roger Garrison and other Austrians to great effect. <a href="http://store.mises.org/Boombustology-Spotting-Financial-Bubbles-Before-They-Burst-P10464.aspx">Buy this book in the Mises Store.</a>
The Fed Obliterates the Savings Ethic
Lord Keynes was constantly worried that people were saving too much and consuming too little — thus the need for more and cheaper money to stimulate the economy. Mr. Bernanke is nothing if not a good Keynesian, and his low rates make even the savviest question whether to forgo consumption.
When Iceland Totally Froze
When the dust had settled, the crisis had wiped out trillions of dollars of investments, and the previously well-functioning credit markets had stalled.
Life with the Fed: Sunshine and Lollipops?
The fake version of history says that without a central bank or its lesser cousin, a national bank, we had nothing but boom, bust, and sorrow — but since the creation of the Federal Reserve System, it's been nothing but sunshine and lollipops. Let us take a look.
The Cure (Low Interest Rates) Is the Disease
The artificial lowering of the interest rate causes malinvestment and the ensuing financial and economic “crisis.”
Is Inflation Harmless or Even Good?
A Fed employee argues that inflation is harmless. I argue that it is a rip-off for everyone who uses dollars.
Rollback: An Interview with Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
Interviewed by James Puplava on the Financial Sense Newshour, 16 March 2011.
