Monthly Archives: May 2014
Technical Notes for ‘Banking Buffoonery’
This is an appendix to our earlier post, “Banking Buffoonery, Modeling Mysticism and Why Krugman Should Be Sweatin’ Bullets.” We discuss the Bank of England report and IS-LM model in more detail, using a Q&A format.
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Tagged Austrian economics, Bank of England, Detlev Schlichter, endogenous money, Frances Coppola, IS curve, IS-LM, monetary base, Paul Krugman, Pieria
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Banking Buffoonery, Modeling Mysticism and Why Paul Krugman Should Be Sweatin’ Bullets
We have a few things to say about the recent debunking of established monetary theories. In case you missed it, the Bank of England issued a report in March explaining that standard textbooks get money and banking all wrong. The … Continue reading
Technical Notes for ‘3 Underappreciated Indicators’
This is an appendix for our earlier post, “3 Underappreciated Indicators to Guide You through a Debt-Saturated Economy.” We’ll share a few extra charts and describe our use of the Fed’s flow of funds data, in Q&A format.
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Tagged bank-created money, credit market instruments, government deficits, monetary policy, monetary targeting, money supply aggregates, money supply growth, money supply targeting, net bank lending, non-money savings, personal savings rates, personal sector
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3 Underappreciated Indicators to Guide You through a Debt-Saturated Economy
If you’re my generation or older, you may remember taking the original Pepsi Challenge – the Coke versus Pepsi taste testing booths that you would find at sporting events, fairs and similar venues. I took the Challenge and stuck with … Continue reading
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Tagged Austrian business cycle theory, bank balance sheets, Chicago Plan, creeping inflation, current account deficits, debt ratios, economic volatility, fractional reserve, Great Inflation, mainstream economic thought, money printing, non-money savings, Pepsi challenge, personal savings rates, public deficits, quantitative easing, recession indicators, risky borrowing, vicious loop, virtuous loop
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