There's No Pain-Free Cure for Recession: Peter Schiff's Editorial in The Wall Street Journal Monday, December 29, 2008
As recession fears cause the nation to embrace greater state control of the economy and unimaginable federal deficits, one searches in vain for debate worthy of the moment. Where there should be an historic clash of ideas,
In Madoff We Trust Tuesday, December 16, 2008
As the multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Wall Street insider Bernard Madoff unravels in the media spotlight, the nation is being presented with a rare opportunity to understand the true nature of many of our most cherished financial structures.
A Nightmare Before Christmas Friday, December 12, 2008
Like many pragmatic economists I have always warned that rapid expansions of government debt would result in inflation and higher interest rates. The explanation was always simple:
Low Rates, Big Problems Sunday, December 7, 2008
Government and mainstream economists have erroneously concluded that the key to reversing the financial free fall can be found in stopping the plunge in home prices.
Bonds in 2009: A Tough Call Friday, January 2, 2009
The second half of 2008 will be remembered as the era in which justifiably panicked investors fled the global equity markets and flooded into the bond markets, particularly the U.S. Treasury market.
James Turk, January 5, 2009 Gold Climbs Again - Eight Years in a Row The numbers for 2008 are in. Gold has done it again. Gold is up for the eighth year in a row against the US dollar.
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Axel Merk, December 19, 2008 Fed Fights to Weaken Dollar Faced with the threat of deflation, the Federal Reserve (Fed) may be trying to drive the dollar lower to spur inflation. As policy makers don't want home prices to deteriorate further, an alternative is to inflate the prices of all other goods and services: as a result, the relative prices of homes would be less expensive.
