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"A view from the Trenches", June 9, 2009: If you can't explain it, blame it on "expectations"

(This blog is also posted on my personal website: www.sibileau.com/martin , where the article can be read in pdf format) The week started on a bearish note. Frankly, it is a note I don’t understand. It is based on the fear that the Fed will raise...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Tue, Jun 9 2009

Playing with fire: With a Democratic President in the wings, Buchanan advocates protectionism

See Pat Buchanan 's commentary in the November 11issue of CNSNews.com: http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=39124 . Buchanan points to the unfair advantages that China has created by devaluating and keeping its currency cheap...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Tue, Nov 11 2008

Filed under: China, protectionism, Buchanan

Sostenibilidad: Un asalto a la economía

Por Tyler A. Watts. (Publicado el 4 de diciembre de 2009) Traducido del inglés. El artículo original se encuentra aquí: http://mises.org/daily/3886 . ¡Ah, los verdes! Ya no son abrazaárboles. Nos han estado intimidando...

Posted to Mises Daily en español by euribe on Mon, Dec 7 2009

Filed under: libre mercado, sostenibilidad, Tyler Watts

Great news! IPCC climate panel acknowledge in new report that it will be extremely difficult to find alternatives to fossil fuels in time to stabilize CO2 levels for many decades

1. See this analysis by Roger Pielke, Jr. : The IPCC has just issued a new summary for policy makers for a forthcoming special report on renewable energy that appears (indirectly and obliquely) to finally admit that we just do not have the technology...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Tue, May 10 2011

A View from the Trenches, December 22nd, 2009: "Reviewing the process"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: december-22-2009 Before we go on to discuss the latest development, I invite you to refer back to my letter from May 26th, 2009 ( www.sibileau.com/martin/2009/05/26 , “A short description of...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Mon, Dec 21 2009

The Bazooka Next Door

Everything in the world was right, until “they” moved into the neighborhood. Ed, the patriarch of the family, had sold a software company in Colorado and moved his wife, Myra, and their 3 children to our North Dallas neighborhood about 6 months...

Posted to rrt00004 by rrt00004 on Sun, Sep 12 2010

Obama’s “Ides-of-March” Moment is Near

Obama’s “Ides-of-March” Moment is Near By Monty Pelerin , posted February 24th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/02/24/obama%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cides-of-march%e2%80%9d-moment-is-near/ In Jimmy Carter’s reign, the Wall Street...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Wed, Feb 24 2010

Filed under: insolvency, QE

Inductive Practical Astronomy

This post is one in a series on the History of Epistemological Thought . Previously in this series: Introducing Works and Days Much of the Works and Days , like the Theogony , is concerned with outlandish tales about the past. Here we have the myths of...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Mon, Jun 8 2009

Filed under: Epistemology, Hesiod

The Legend Of Bagger Obama

The Legend Of Bagger Obama By Monty Pelerin , posted January 5th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/01/05/the-legend-of-bagger-obama/ “… you don’t ever know where he comes from or where he’s going.” It is 2008. An unknown...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Wed, Jan 6 2010

Filed under: obama, politics, Bagger Vance

Menger on Effective and Latent Requirements

This post is part of a series exploring Principles of Economics by Carl Menger. The following explores content from chapter 2 . Previously in this series: Menger on Foresight Requirements, again, are the quantity of goods necessary for satisfying a man's...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Fri, Jun 19 2009

Filed under: Carl Menger, Economics

Raining on the Parade

The Lew Rockwell dot com and the Ludwig Von Mises institute have and continue to do a fabulous job at raining on the government’s parade and all the fallacies that are floating around in today’s world. They have time and time again become...

Posted to Viresh Amin by viresh amin on Tue, Jan 12 2010

HanYu Pinyin ABC

HanYu Pinyin ABC why learn hanyu pinyin Hanyu pinyin ( 漢語拼音 ), often abbreviated as pinyin ( 拼音 ; "spelling sounds" literally), is the most wiy used mandarin romanization system: p. r. china and singapore, and many other countries as well. the...

Posted to sinocenter by sinocenter on Wed, Sep 16 2009

A View from the Trenches, May 9th, 2011: "It starts with deleveraging, it ends with hyperinflation"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: may-9-2011 About two months ago, at the Austrian Scholars Conference of the Ludwig Von Mises Institute, a few asked us what it was like to live under hyperinflation, when they learned of our Argentine...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Mon, May 9 2011

Ron Paul Interview

Ron Paul Interview By Monty Pelerin , posted December 9th, 2009 http://www.economicnoise.com/2009/12/09/ron-paul-interview/ Ron Paul on CSPAN’s Washington Journal, Dec. 3, 2009 This is a highly recommended watch. There are four parts, each about...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Wed, Dec 9 2009

Filed under: ron paul

What will the future recession look like?

Steve Horwitz recently posted a news update - several students at the New School are sitting-in in a department building as a form of protest. Admittedly I don't know the situation or what is underway, but the occurrence has me thinking about how...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Austrian Addiction on Fri, Dec 19 2008

Filed under: protest, activism