Articles tagged "Finance"
The Man Who Predicted the Depression
Tuesday, November 10 2009
By MARK SPITZNAGEL Ludwig von Mises was snubbed by economists world-wide as he warned of a credit crisis in the 1920s. We ignore the great Austrian at our peril today.…
The Geography of Recession
Wednesday, June 03 2009
By Peter Zeihan The global recession is the biggest development in the global system in the year to date. In the United States, it has become almost dogma that the…
Geopolitical Diary: China’s Calculated Currency Rhetoric
Monday, March 30 2009
March 25, 2009 One of the more popular conventional wisdoms is that the United States is in decline and that it is a simple matter to select options that will…
The United States, Europe and Bretton Woods II
Wednesday, October 22 2008
By George Friedman and Peter Zeihan French President Nicolas Sarkozy and U.S. President George W. Bush met Oct. 18 to discuss the possibility of a global financial summit. The meeting…
A Capitalist Manifesto
Tuesday, October 14 2008
Markets remain our best hope for a better future. By JUDY SHELTON "Le laisser-faire, c'est fini." It was French president Nicolas Sarkozy who actually uttered the words, but you could…
Prepare for the Worst
Thursday, October 09 2008
By Peter Ferrara Just two weeks ago, a book on economic policy was released that will be a classic for the ages. Entitled The End of Prosperity, by Art Laffer,…
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