Well it seems that Ghaddaffi was "gone".. That itself probably is good news. Now there will be some interims government. The people of Lybia now have chances hardly ever seen by countries like ours. The chances are gigantiv and the risks not less. If they embrace sound money, no corruption...
Interest Rates and Risk by Alex Merced (Originally Posted at LibertyIsNow.com) In plenty of articles I've written or videos I've created I've discussed how interest raes can cause mal-investment and alter the structure of the economy. The increasing of the money supply and lower of interest...
Regulating Enterprise by Alex Merced Time and time again we hear in the news that we need stronger regulation on Oil, Housing, and Banking to prevent all the problems we've seen over the last few years. Today, I'd like to make the argument that the problems with all three of these sectors has...
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Let's see BP chef does yachting in England. And Obama sits in his white house, blaming that BP has caused the biggest envorinmental catostrophy ever. (Howerver we should not forget who has allowed them to exploit the oil in the gulf?, and who has the power to decide upon the to be granted security...
http://libertyisnow.blogspot.com/2010/04/is-deflation-better.html Subscribe by Email Is Deflation Better? by Alex Merced I constantly speak about the dangers of inflation (increase in the money supply), and inflationary pressures of a growing government. Inflation destroys our purchasing power, causes...
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http://libertyisnow.blogspot.com/2010/04/treasuries-investment-interest-rates.html Subscribe by email Treasuries, Investment, Interest Rates, and Risk by Alex Merced In todays world investment revolves around US Treasury debt cause it's AAA rating. Since the return yielded from treasuries is considered...
Current investments seem to be interested in securitization rather than in small business financing. Bank lending for the benefit of actual business has shifted to ever more complex strategies for paper issuance. Portfolios are not broadly diversified due to this over-reliance on securitization that...
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[UPDATE: See my follow-up post .] Cato Unbound's new climate issue features a lead essay by Jim Manzi , who is an MIT- and Wharton-trained statistician and CEO of Applied Predictive Technologies (which uses pattern recognition and optimization models for sales and marketing). Manzi is a newcomer...
At Bejtlich’s recommendation, I read with great interest Cyberinsurance in IT Security Management by Walter S. Baer and Andrew Parkinson. The bulk of the paper describes the success and prospects of the cyberinsurance industry, but comes to a conclusion that we need government regulation to “facilitate...