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A View from the Trenches, February 16th, 2011: "The way out"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: february-16-2011 Perhaps the most relevant factor shaping the action this week is the absence of a significant, market moving event. Investors seem to just be marking time. Every major decision is...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Tue, Feb 15 2011

Another Analysis of Obama

Another Analysis of Obama By Monty Pelerin , posted March 26th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/26/another-analysis-of-obama/ Mary Ellen Synon from Brussels provides this analysis of Barack Obama and her perception of how he views the world...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Sat, Mar 27 2010

Filed under: obama, orientation, roots

A View from the Trenches, November 1st , 2010: "Beware of passive money"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: november-1-2010 Action this week will be completely driven by political events. In Brazil, Lula’s successor, Dilma Rousseff has won this weekend’s ballotage. In the USA, the markets have...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Mon, Nov 1 2010

U.S. Government’s Road to Perdition

U.S. Government’s Road to Perdition By Monty Pelerin , posted January 4th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/01/04/u-s-governments-road-to-perdition/ Image by Francisco Diez via Flickr James Quinn has posted another very informative piece....

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

Filed under: insolvency, Deceit, James Quinn

A View from the Trenches, January 25th, 2010: "The game is changing"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: january-25-2010 You will not find a short-term view in today’s letter. I can speak for the long term, in a negative way, but not short term. And I dare to say that those who venture to give...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Sun, Jan 24 2010

A Teachable Moment

That's what the President called his meeting between Officer Crowley and Professor Gates. "A teachable moment." I can only interpret this, having come from his lips, as an opportunity for him to teach us . So what did he teach? From everything...

Posted to Not-a-Lemming by FutbolGuru on Fri, Jul 31 2009

A View from the Trenches, November 27th, 2009: "Some Thoughts on Dubai"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: www.sibileau.com With US markets closed yesterday, the level of liquidity was not normal in the face of the events/news out of Dubai. Equity markets elsewhere got the message (finally!) and the sell...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Thu, Nov 26 2009

Hyperinflation Redux

My recent post on the US Hyperinflation Coming ties in nicely with the note provided below by Chris Coyne. He quotes Beaulier and Boettke who argue (along with Adam Smith ) that facing up to our debt problems now is the proper course. In effect, they...

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

Filed under: politics, hyperinflation, debt

Some Recovery

Some Recovery By Monty Pelerin , posted January 3rd, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/01/03/some-recovery/ Sucker Born Every Minute Below is a graph from the US Treasury Department. It tracks the rolling 12-month growth rates of taxes received....

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Sun, Jan 3 2010

Filed under: Recovery, Taxes, GDP

Welcome

The idea for me to write a blog came up a long time ago but due to lack of time (and the fact that this is the first time I'm blogging) I postponed blogging. Why the blog? Because there's no worthy discussion in Hebrew of economics, both in Israel...

Posted to Making Economic Sense by giladr on Sun, Jun 7 2009

The Covariant Density of Money

In a previous age market transactions were made by exchanging goods between producers. The cobbler gave the baker shoes and in return received bread. The division of labor allowed those to produce what they were best at, and in this division of labor...

Posted to George Giles by George Giles on Tue, Mar 23 2010

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

A View from the Trenches, January 14th, 2010: "From the People's Bank: "Take it but don't lend it"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: january-14-2009 Yesterday, the People Bank’s of China went further with its tightening move, raising reserve requirements. Raising reserve requirements is “wrong”, in my view. If...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Wed, Jan 13 2010

The Rule of Man, Not Law

On several occasions ( the most recent ) I have discussed the abandonment of our Constitution and its principles as leading to the inevitable economic mess we now confront. As an example of how the Constitution no longer matters, at least in the eyes...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Sat, Nov 21 2009

Filed under: politics, law, constitution

Neuro Hayekianism got you feeling neurotic?

Barkley Rosser summarizes the exchange forthcoming in Advances in Austrian Economics over at e conospeak. Read More...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Daniel J. D'Amico on Wed, Nov 11 2009

Filed under: neurohayekian

A View from the Trenches, February 10th, 2010: "An institutional perspective on the Euro"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: february-10-2010 We’re back and still concerned about the situation the capital markets face and will continue to face. Essentially, (we differ with the mainstream view and) we stand by our...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Tue, Feb 9 2010