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Obama and His Cardiff Giant

This post originally appeared on American Thinker today. The Cardiff Giant , known as “America’s Greatest Hoax,” has new competition for the title — Global Warming. Recent revelations of what appear to be doctored data, corrupted...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Sat, Nov 28 2009

Filed under: obama, healthcare, credibility

Economics in One Lesson校译之6. Credit Diverts Production (3-1)

Credit Diverts Production 第6章政府信贷扭曲生产 Government “encouragement” to business is sometimes as much to be feared as government hostility. This supposed encouragement often takes the form of a direct grant of government credit or a guarantee...

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

פעילות המט"ח של בנק ישראל

היום שוטטתי קצת באתר של גלובס ונתקלתי במאמר דעה של יוסי פרנק שכותרתו " האמת שמסתיר בנק ישראל ". בקצרה, הוא מתאר את מה שקורה בשווקי המט"ח כשבנק ישראל מנסה להלחם בספקולנטים זרים שמזרימים ביקושים לשקלים. הפסקה האחרונה במאמר הינה: "על...

Posted to Making Economic Sense by giladr on Mon, Jun 8 2009

An anology.

The overwhelming question of the day is why should some people be allowed to keep homes they bought but could not afford at a cost to those who made prudent decisions and either rented or purchased homes they could afford. I believe I have a suitible...

Posted to Bracket Bending by Brent the bracket bender on Sat, Feb 21 2009

Tornadoes, fires and floods, oh my! Time to stop hiding our heads in the sand. Who benefits from our loading of the climate dice?

[My apologies for weird formatting, I find it very difficult to deal with html embedded in text that I cut and paste!] No doubt a locally cold winter helped many readers put behind them thoughts about last year's worldwide record droughts, floods...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Fri, May 6 2011

Another Browser War?

I am a big fan of the Opera web browser. However, I am not happy with the latest news ( via AP ): Web browser developer Opera Software ASA asked European regulators Thursday to force Microsoft Corp. to give users a choice of Internet software with its...

Posted to Love of Liberty by ChrisR on Thu, Dec 13 2007

Filed under: monopolies

Rosenberg is Right-On, Again

Rosenberg is Right-On, Again By Monty Pelerin , posted January 4th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/01/04/rosenberg-is-right-on-again/ Image via Wikipedia Rosenberg is Right-On. Here is his daily email with links to the full piece. The only part...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Mon, Jan 4 2010

Filed under: economy, Rosenberg, recession

Inflation or Deflation – Considered Again

Inflation or Deflation – Considered Again By Monty Pelerin , posted March 16th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/16/inflation-or-deflation-considered-again/ A reasoned view for high inflation is made on Zerohedge. My opinion is that hyperdeflation...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Tue, Mar 16 2010

Filed under: deflation, inflation

Cartas al Alcalde Mayor de Caracas Antonio Ledezma

http://www.rroopstr.com http://www.riverocooper.com 10 julio 2009 Estimado Alcalde Mayor Antonio Ledezma: Gracias por haber atendido a nuestra solicitud de tantas personas que genuinamente nos preocupamos por su salud y su vida, y que ahora esperamos...

Posted to Rubén Rivero Capriles by Rubén on Sun, Jul 12 2009

Sean Penn is a standout lunatic

As you can read here , Sean Penn is wishing Rectal Cancer on anyone who criticizes him. Ironic, seeing as he is pushing for socialized medicine, so wouldn't he be paying for them to get their rectums operated on? Also of some interest, it never ceases...

Posted to A Discourse on Current Events by duffmann808 on Sat, Mar 6 2010

A View from the Trenches, August 26th, 2010: "Was the home sales figure the catalyst?"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: august-26-2010 In our last letter, we suggested that the tension in the markets was going to be released, to the upside or downside, by an unknown catalyst. That catalyst came the day after, on Tuesday...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Thu, Aug 26 2010

A View from the Trenches, July 15th, 2009: "Confusion"

( To subscribe to this daily market letter and receive it by email, in pdf format, please visit : www.sibileau.com/martin ) Analysts are striving to understand the action in equities in the last two days and in credit and Treasuries since yesterday. As...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Tue, Jul 14 2009

Nobel but not Noble

http://freemmm.blogspot.com/2008/10/nobel-but-not-noble.html

Posted to Free Markets, Free Minds, Free Me. by ViennaSausage on Tue, Oct 14 2008

Filed under: nobel prize

Tennessee Williams Was Smarter than US

Tennessee Williams Was Smarter than US By Monty Pelerin , posted December 23rd, 2009 http://www.economicnoise.com/2009/12/23/tennessee-williams-was-smarter-than-us/ The United States is now dependent on the rest of the world to finance its government...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Wed, Dec 23 2009

Filed under: insolvency, deficits, Blanche du Bois

A View from the Trenches, June 17th, 2010: " It doesn't make sense"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: june-17-2010 We have been at a loss trying to understand the markets since last Thursday, when the Euro began its rally. The chart below (source: Bloomberg) shows however that so far, the Euro has...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Thu, Jun 17 2010