Without technically lying, Krugman perpetuates the myth that Herbert Hoover insisted on budget austerity in the midst of the Great Depression.
March 26th, 2010 | Robert P. Murphy | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "stimulus spending"
Unemployment Still Rising Because Feds are Trying to ‘Do Something About It’
In this regard, we refer to three different phenomena. They are inter- related…they all show the same thing: an economy going downhill.
January 27th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Mr. Market Never Gets a Say on Government Jobs
Washington, DC is full of government bureaucrats who earn 30% to 50% more than people in the private sector. In the private sector Mr. Market puts his thumb up or his thumb down.
January 15th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
You Buy Gold When the Government is Making a Mess of the Monetary Situation
Are the feds making a mess of the monetary situation? Oh dear, dear reader…please ask us something harder. Trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see…
November 24th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Talking About the First Home Buyer’s Grant Again
Of course you could make the argument that keeping house prices inflated by whatever means necessary is a policy goal in Australia, just as it was a policy goal in America. With the stock market in a secular bear phase, the idea of financial and personal security from ownership…
May 26th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 0 comments | Continued
