Tag Archives: Credit

A Culture of Fear

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Jonathan Finegold Catalán

Does easy money play a part in justifying growth of government? Probably not. Continue reading →

Posted in History, Politics | Tagged big, Credit, easy, effect, Government, Growth, money, ratchet | 2 Comments

Empirical Evidence for Austrian Theory

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Jonathan Finegold Catalán

Graph showing greater drop in producer goods industry, rather than consumer goods. Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Austrian, boom, Credit, Depression, eichengreen, Great, malinvestment, Theory | 20 Comments

Credit as a Panacea

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Jonathan Finegold Catalán

Just because Venezuela has a lower national debt than Greece doesn’t mean that Venezuela is in the clear of major economic trouble. Venezuela suffers from terrible inflation. Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Theory | Tagged Bank, bolivar, central, Credit, drachma, euro, Greece, inflation, loose, monetary, policy, Venezuela | 1 Comment

Overregulation?

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Jonathan Finegold Catalán

Vietnam is an example of overregulation. The United States should heed the warning. Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events | Tagged agencies, banking, Credit, Government, rating, regulation | 8 Comments

Peter Schiff on the Yuan

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Jonathan Finegold Catalán

Some comment’s on Peter Schiffs recent article on China and the devaluation of the yuan. Continue reading →

Posted in Comments | Tagged China, Credit, devaluation, dollar, exchange, inflation, Peter, rate, Schiff, yuan | 14 Comments

Credit Booms and the Great Depression

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Jonathan Finegold Catalán

(HT Hayek Center.) Barry Eichengreen of UCB and Kris Mitchener of Santa Clara University explore the role of the credit boom in causing the Great Depression. The Austrian influence is clear, and particularly interesting is their analysis of how a … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Credit, Depression, Expansion, Great, Rothbard | 4 Comments

Garet Garrett’s Invaluable Lesson

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Jonathan Finegold Catalán

Garet Garrett warned of uncontrolled public debt in 1931, and still the lesson has yet to be heeded. A crisis of interventionism, as termed by Ludwig von Mises, is fast approaching. Continue reading →

Posted in History, Politics, Theory | Tagged Bubble, cards, Credit, debt, Garet, Garrett, house, Ponzi, pyramid, scheme | 3 Comments

Bubble Economics

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Jonathan Finegold Catalán

A comment on Paul Krugman’s post on the housing market, interest rates and Ben Bernanke. By looking at irrelevant statistics one does nothing to avert future crises of the same nature—credit bubbles do not only form in housing. Continue reading →

Posted in Comments | Tagged Bernanke, Bubble, Credit, housing, industry, interest, Krugman, market, rate | Leave a comment

Why Economic Stimuli Don’t Work

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Jonathan Finegold Catalán

There are already talks of a second stimulus package. This will only bring about greater poverty and greater illusion of recovery. The future remains bleak for world prosperity. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged aid, Bailout, Credit, Depression, Expansion, Government, inflation, Keynesian, Redistribution, Socialism, Stimulus, taxes, Theft, Unemployment | 4 Comments

The Case Against the Issue of Fiduciary Media

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Ludwig von Mises

Ludwig von Mises on the issue of fiduciary media, from his first book on the topic of money: “The Theory of Money and Credit”. Continue reading →

Posted in Theory | Tagged base, Credit, Expansion, fiduciary, media, monetary, money | Leave a comment