Classical Economics in a Quantum World
The Opening Salvo Regardless of what you think about Trump, he recently did the world a big service. He pointed out, in his unique, unadulterated style, the monetary elephant in the room to a global audience. Trump’s attack on the…
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Fed Operating Targets The latest round of will-the-Fed-or-won’t-the-Fed-finally-hike-rates has passed. The world waited breathlessly for the Federal Reserve to announce their latest FOMC decision. Once again, the Fed punted on announcing another measly .25% funds rate hike and averted the…
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Understanding Gold 5 I deem the idea that everyone understands gold’s value but few understand why it has value, the gold paradox. The primary reason is that academia, over the last 80 years, has increasingly dismissed gold as a monetary…
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Understanding Gold 4 On August 15, 1971, Nixon, by executive order, broke the dollar-gold link that had anchored the Bretton Woods international monetary system since 1944. (The link was officially severed in February 1973.) This was the beginning of the…
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