Classical Economics in a Quantum World
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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A funny thing happened on the way to global central banks usurping the market and centrally commanding the price of interest. Economic events began to occur that the history of economic thought never considered. Negative interest rates is one. An…
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Today, capitalism is on the ropes. Thomas Piketty, Robert Gordon, Adair Turner, and Larry Summers have lamented the end of growth leading to a new age of “secular stagnation”. Is capitalism a spent force? In its current form of crony…
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An individual with a non-chronic medical issue sees a doctor and the doctor prescribes a pill. This relieves the symptoms temporarily and the patient feels better. The patient continues to take the prescribed pill. Over time the continuous dosage of…
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Thomas Carlyle, a Scottish philosopher and historian, termed economics “the dismal science” in the 19th century. Regardless of Carlyle’s reason for originating the phrase, today’s economics profession ensures that economics remains true to Carlyle’s sentiment. In an era of abundance,…
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