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Free Healthcare

Free Healthcare By Monty Pelerin , posted January 15th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/01/15/free-healthcare/ One of the simplest economic concepts to understand is the theory of demand. As the price of a good to users decreases, demand or use...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Fri, Jan 15 2010

Filed under: healthcare boobs

Obama at the Bat

Obama at the Bat By Monty Pelerin , posted March 9th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/09/obama-at-the-bat/ A very clever take-off of “Casey at the Bat” Posted on February 25 if this link doesn’t take you to it. Probably not...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Wed, Mar 10 2010

Filed under: obama, Casey at the Bat, baseball

A View from the Trenches, December 17th, 2009: "Into thin air"

“ …And when output has increased and prices have risen, the effect of this on liquidity-preference will be to increase the quantity of money necessary to maintain a given rate of interest… ” (J. M. Keynes, “The General...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Wed, Dec 16 2009

Not Gridlock but Brainlock

Not Gridlock but Brainlock By Monty Pelerin , posted March 12th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/12/not-gridlock-but-brainlock/ Complaints about Washington abound. Most consider President Obama the problem. Others consider lack of cooperation...

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

Filed under: obama, voters

Outrage Over Tax Day Protests

It seems that the progressive outlets are criticizing those who rant about taxes on tax day. They don't get it. Republican opposition fueled the protests, but the outrage comes even when there are tax cuts for 95% because taxes are TOO HIGH.

Posted to Psycholib Commentary by noiselull on Thu, Apr 15 2010

Filed under: media, protests, astroturf, progressive, rachel maddow, Republican, taxes

A View from the Trenches, December 9th, 2009: "Thinking with perspective"

To the risk of sounding like a broken record, let me repeat that back on September 2nd, I wrote that: “ …emerging markets are the Achilles’ tendon… We can perfectly see a G-8 central bank coordinate assistance with another G...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Tue, Dec 8 2009

Unemployment 12 - 13%

David Rosenberg posted on unemployment, estimating it going up to 12 – 13%, as measured by U3. It is currently 10.2%. Another rate, more reflective of actual unemployment is U6. It is currently at 17.5%. A third measurement, offered by John Williams...

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

Filed under: employment, Rosenberg

Social Security -- From Political Penthouse to Dog House

Social Security -- From Political Penthouse to Dog House By Monty Pelerin , posted March 29th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/29/social-security-goes-from-political-penthouse-to-doghouse/ The darling of the politicans in Washington has become...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Mon, Mar 29 2010

Filed under: social security

Liberals V. Darwin

I find the fact that so many liberals are Darwin followers quite ironic. Sadly, liberals and government workers alike put aside what may be truths in Darwinism, and try to control the forces of nature . As opposed to letting the fittest survive, Liberals...

Posted to A Discourse on Current Events by duffmann808 on Mon, Mar 8 2010

A View from the Trenches, December 8th, 2009: "Days of confusion"

We closed tighter in credit yesterday, with the IG13 index (tracks the credit spread of 125 North American investment grade firms) losing about 2 ¼ bps intraday. It seems that credit is “getting it”, while equities and commodities are...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Tue, Dec 8 2009

A View from the Trenches, March 16th, 2010: "Drawing the map"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: march-16-2010 Since our last letter on Thursday, we’ve seen the S&P500 seeking to reestablish the 1,150pts level to move forward. The macroeconomic backdrop seems firm enough to grant it…...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Mon, Mar 15 2010

Deceptive Simplicity

Path Integration is a complex yet deceptively simple concept. The mathematical nature of functional integration, aka path integration is rigorous. At the same time one can consider a single individual (actor) following a path. All humans must consume...

Posted to George Giles by George Giles on Wed, May 5 2010

Dracula Government Meets Its Cross

Dracula Government Meets Its Cross By Monty Pelerin , posted March 3rd, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/03/dracula-government-meets-its-nemesis/ There is no greater scam than that being perpetuated by fiat money. It is plausible that the gold...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Thu, Mar 4 2010

Filed under: gold

Government Bubble Targeted with S&P Outlook

Washington has been placed on notice that it’s reckless spending and unfathomable fiscal debt is not immune to the censure of Wall Street. To recap, Standard and Poor’s issued a press release yesterday announcing that it had cut the United States outlook...

Posted to Kaspar's Comments by Jason Kaspar on Tue, Apr 19 2011

On enviromentalism

During the past week or so I feel like I have been bombarded with propaganda about environmentalist events. Much of it about the upcoming Earth Hour this Saturday evening. Personally I will do the opposite during this hour and celebrate human achievement...

Posted to Escaping Leviathan by hkarnoldson on Thu, Mar 26 2009

Filed under: ENGLISH, enviromentalism