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Freedom vs. Politics

Freedom vs. Politics By Monty Pelerin , posted March 12th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/12/freedom-vs-politics/ Tony Blankley captures the flavor of the American political scene in his piece “An American Obsession with Freedom.”...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Fri, Mar 12 2010

Filed under: politics, freedom

A View from the Trenches, May 6th, 2010: "A Contrarian View"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: may-6-2010 We wanted to publish our letter yesterday, but given the volatility in the markets, we thought it would be more appropriate to let 24 hrs. pass by before publishing. We will mince no words...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Thu, May 6 2010

States are Broke

States are Broke By Monty Pelerin , posted April 10th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/04/10/states-are-broke/ We know that Social Security is broke. Ditto for Medicare and Medicaid. Ditto for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Ditto for...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Sat, Apr 10 2010

Filed under: insolvency, states

A View from the Trenches, June 28th 2010: "On stress tests, capitalization and direct lending"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: june-28-20101 With a shortened week in Toronto, courtesy of the G-8 & G-20 summits, plus Argentina making it to the quarter finals in the World Cup, we have lost the pulse on the day-to-day developments...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Mon, Jun 28 2010

A View from the Trenches, March 1st, 2011: " A strong Euro and an unstable China"

In our last letter, we wrote that we were finding the market action inconsistent and that we wanted to walk to the sidelines. Well, we wanted, but the market didn’t let us, for we had to get back to stocks and gold, given the strength shown, albeit...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Mon, Feb 28 2011

A View from the Trenches, February 11th, 2010: "Waiting..."

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: february-11-2010 The world is speculating on the outcome of the meeting of European leaders later today, in Brussels. In the meantime, yesterday Mr. Bernanke made clear his intention to raise the...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Wed, Feb 10 2010

take all the time you need

Today's top story is that the feds have put aside unconstitutionality and are actually debating something within their jurisdiction: bathroom equality in federal buildings . Congress, so long as you don't expand the scope of this investigation...

Posted to the forgotten man. by Nathaniel on Wed, May 12 2010

Filed under: politicians

ObamaCare or Obama Care?

ObamaCare or Obama Care? By Monty Pelerin , posted March 6th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/06/obamacare-or-obama-care/ The title puts the sound of Obamacare into perspective. Orally, it is possible that the speaker means it either way. “Obama...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Sat, Mar 6 2010

Filed under: economy, obama, delusional

A View from the Trenches, November 24th, 2010: "Core Europe's gambit"

Click here to read this article in pdf format: november-24-2010 We usually publish on Mondays, but this time, we wanted to see things play out before coming back. We stand therefore by our forecast published back in September, when most saw the European...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Wed, Nov 24 2010

Definition of Private Property

Austrian Economics is all about property rights and individual liberty. While these concepts are clear in the mind of any devotee of Ludwig Von Mises work they have been more difficult quantify in a rigorous mathematical sense. The model being developed...

Posted to George Giles by George Giles on Tue, Mar 30 2010

Filed under: Econometrics, Quantitative Economics, Austrian Economic Theory, Quantitative Austrian Economics, Graph Theory

A partial answer to my Caplan question but not from Bryan

A while back I posted this question about the political implications of people who believe in an "end of days scenario." Today I found this interesting post at Offsetting Behavior. CHRISTOPHER CROWE, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Abstract...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Austrian Addiction on Wed, May 27 2009

Filed under: caplan

Prices, and Production: Lecture III, Part VI

At last, an answer to the question posed in the first lecture, that of how it comes about that the economy cannot utilizes all existing resource (which Hayek attests is “the central task of any theory of industrial fluctuations” 1 ), and without...

Posted to The Critiques: An Analysis by laminustacitus on Mon, Sep 7 2009

Bonner on Money

Bonner on Money By Monty Pelerin , posted January 29th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/01/29/bonner-on-money/ For those who want to understand more about money and inflation, the following piece by Bill Bonner of the Daily Reckoning is good reading...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Fri, Jan 29 2010

Filed under: inflation, money

Economics in One Lesson校译之6. Credit Diverts Production (3-2,3)

第6章政府信贷扭曲生产（接前面部分） 2 The case becomes even clearer if we turn from farming to other forms of business. The proposal is frequently made that the government ought to assume the risks that are “too great for private industry.” This means that...

Posted to dingdong by Dingdong Pu on Sat, Dec 6 2008

A View from the Trenches, March 23rd, 2011: "No domino effect"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: march-23-2011 Since we last wrote a week ago, nothing of fundamental weight has changed (being this the main reason for our absence). It’s true, unlike last week, the markets now see the nuclear...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Tue, Mar 22 2011