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A View from the Trenches, May 3rd, 2010: "What next?"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: may-3-2010 Sometimes, the questions we ask are more important than the answers we may have. Post-announcement of the EUR110BN package for Greece by the IMF and the EU over the weekend, perhaps there...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Mon, May 3 2010

A View from the Trenches, March 22nd, 2010: "A short summary to start the week"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: march-22-2010 To be fair, one could say that during last week, nothing really new, really surprising, took place. Instead, we saw the revival of “repressed” market themes and fears, that...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Sun, Mar 21 2010

Your Federal Reserve at Work

Your Federal Reserve at Work By Monty Pelerin , posted April 17th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/04/17/your-federal-reserve-at-work/ I have often characterized the government as a cornered, wounded animal willing to do or say anything to survive...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Sat, Apr 17 2010

Filed under: Federal Reserve

A View from the Trenches, February 11th, 2011: "Adapting to passive money"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: february-11-2011 Just after our last letter on Monday, when we wrote that “…out of China, we expect no news on rates or credit manipulation (i.e. reserve requirement ratios) until March…”...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Thu, Feb 10 2011

Train Wreck on the Way

There is little doubt in my mind that we are heading for a train wreck. The timing and catalyst that trigger this reaction are much more difficult to determine. The potential catalysts are many, any one of which would trigger the wreck. A dollar crisis...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Sun, Nov 22 2009

Filed under: FHA, deflation, financial system, inflation

A View from the Trenches, August 19th, 2009: Thinking out loud

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: www.sibileau.com/martin If you read most daily comments from yesterday, you will leave with the impression that nothing really substantial has taken place lately, perhaps on grounds that that trading...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Tue, Aug 18 2009

President of The World Losing Support There Also

President of The World Losing Support There Also By Monty Pelerin , posted December 1st, 2009 http://www.economicnoise.com/2009/12/01/president-of-the-world-losing-support-there-also/ Image by jmtimages [empty wallet tuesday] via Flickr Some quotes from...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Tue, Dec 1 2009

Filed under: obama, failing, presidency, Europe

Depression Diary

Depression Diary By Monty Pelerin , posted February 18th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/02/18/depression-diary/ The Great Depression: A Diary Historical diaries are intriguing because we know how the era or big picture ended. When the period...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Thu, Feb 18 2010

Filed under: Depression, Roth, Diary

On Private Education

Education is a good. Like any good, demand for it stimulates supply. Sumer In ancient Sumer, where writing was first invented, being a scribe was a high-paying and prestigious job. This was largely because demand for scribes was high, since their services...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Sat, Aug 29 2009

What Happened?

Whenever I turn on a news station, whether it be Fox News, CBS, MSNBC, ABC, or whatever, I see both "Conservative" interviewees and "Conservative" pundits who slam Obama religiously. They slam him no matter what he does or doesn't...

Posted to Conservative Musings by TheManiacalSatanist on Sun, Oct 4 2009

Filed under: Conservatism Ron Paul Rush Limbaugh Sean Hannity Glenn Beck Fox News Socialism MSNBC NBC ABC CBS

A View from the Trenches, December 14th, 2010: "Looking into 2011"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: december-14-2010 We think a quick recap of the market action in the last days is warranted today. On November 29th , we made the point that the European Union was showing willingness, commitment to...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Tue, Dec 14 2010

Friedman on Socialized Medicine

Milton Friedman on Socialized Medicine. From a talk given at the Mayo Clinic in 1978. Although over 30 years old and focused on the medical industry, there are lessons here beyond the obvious. The semi-alert and above will recognize the process as a general...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Thu, Feb 11 2010

Filed under: healthcare, friedman, mayo clinic

A View from the Trenches, October 15th, 2010: "Is coordination possible?"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: october-15-2010 We are back after a relaxing and extended Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. We could have written earlier but we thought we would sound like a broken record. Everything we are currently...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Fri, Oct 15 2010

Can a Subjectivist be an Interventionist?

I believe that any kind of interventionism is incompatible with subjectivism. For example, suppose that a cluster of entrepreneurial errors occur in the economy, possibly as a result of the ABCT. The capital structure has become inconsistent with the...

Posted to Kaleidic Society by ziragt on Thu, Jul 2 2009

Healthcare and Detroit: Murdered by Government

Healthcare and Detroit: Murdered by Government By Monty Pelerin , posted March 28th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/28/healthcare-and-detroit-murdered-by-government/ The recent passage of Obamacare is madness not seen before in this country...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Sun, Mar 28 2010

Filed under: healthcare, Detroit, gary north