photo credit: pgpdesign (paul) The trend continues. EU membership comes concomitant with lower foreign investment rules, bringing a wave of speculation in real estate as rent seekers invest early to sit and wait until marginal rents bump up to the…
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
photo credit: woodleywonderworks The Oligarchs’ Escape Plan – at the Treasury’s Expense By Prof. Michael Hudson see the original article and the growing list of comments on Information Clearinghouse The financial “wealth creation” game is over. Economies emerged from World…
Hat tips to Magnifico, with further analysis It heats up at 2.10 into the clip.
photo credit: Nickster 2000 Steven Spadijer in Online Opinion today writes a superbly researched piece on why government’s must consider our policy position. Stop rolling the dice and go with the odds: Exactly 100 years ago Winston Churchill and…
photo credit: Passetti Doug Noland is fast becoming a popular online analyst, focusing in particular on monetary policy. He releases a weekly report that summarises global policy developments and market movements in rapid fire succession. Essential reading, very handy for…
photo credit: pyjama People often grasp our message through simple examples. Imagine a friend buys one of these pictured beach boxes for $12,000 in 1994. Meanwhile, you work hard, doing overtime, saving money, being a solid citizen. During the middle…
Fred Harrison and the Motherlode team discuss the importance of capturing land rents to avoid future financial catastrophes. All this and more amongst the momentous backdrop of the 100 year anniversary of the People’s Budget! Forward this onto your friends.…
photo credit: cobalt123 An occasional commentary (for Australia’s federal politicians) #5 2nd February, 2008 Bryan Kavanagh LVRG, AAPI Early this morning Australian time, the BBC featured a well-credentialed panel in Davos discussing the world economic meltdown. As usual, none had…
The economic depression: an occasional commentary # 4 10th January 2009 Bryan Kavanagh, LVRG [If you wish to keep things simple and ignore unnecessary explanation, please proceed to the final, italicised paragraph.] The form of reductionism that has provided DNA sequencing…