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Financial Crime Is A Systemic Risk

Famed Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises wrote in his seminal work, Human Action (originally published by the Yale University Press in 1949), that “There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come...

Posted to Hera by Ron Hera on Tue, Oct 23 2012
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The "merits" of leverage

Just imagine if 5.33 % of the credits are probably failing, spanisch banks will brought to their knees. So you can see what "fractional" lending is one of the safest ways to an economic hell. It would be that simple. You just be allowed to lend what you own. Then 5% were enough starting to...

Posted to F Dominicus Blog by Friedrich Dominicus on Tue, Jun 15 2010
Filed under: Filed under: Spain, leverage, saving banks, learning

Liberalism on it's way out?

Well it seems Liberals will see tough times in the near future, till it will turn out that they got it right. Let's wait which country bankruptcy will be the tombstone of this ever progressing socialism. Now it will get interesting for Greece, Portugal, Spain and maybe Italy (funny enough they name...

Posted to F Dominicus Blog by Friedrich Dominicus on Thu, Apr 8 2010
Filed under: Filed under: FDP, greece, bancruptcy, Spain, Liberalism, PIGS