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8 May 2021 2 minute read 16 comments MikeZillo
With this speech Milton Friedman, American Nobel Prize for Economy in 1976 defined the Inflation concept. Inflation was created at the beginning to moderate the import/export balance between currencies from the countries that were commercially dealin...
4 May 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk
Inflation - what is real? Many of you might not have been alive during the 1970's, I was very young but recall the tremendous pain Inflation caused to our family and I am certain to others. If you recall Mr. Peanut, no not the copyrighted brand, the...
1 May 2021 2 minute read 0 comments JCRoemer
It's spring so it's earnings season for the S&P 500. This earnings season is creating some interesting market conditions. For example, a recent study published by Bank of America found a significant increase in mentions of "inflation." Inflation is t...
17 Apr 2021 4 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti
I caught a story this morning on DeCrypt regarding Miami-Dade County considering accepting Bitcoin to pay property taxes. While the step is long overdue given the fact that BTC and other coins are fast becoming alternative means to pay for goods and...
15 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments CryptoCelt97
Zimbabwe One of the more severe cases of hyperinflation was observed relatively recently in Zimbabwe. The hyperinflation got so bad in Zimbabwe that they abandoned their native currency for a few years in favour of using the US dollar. Economic t...
8 Apr 2021 3 minute read 2 comments The Lynx
I have been hearing about rising inflation for a really long time. It hasn’t happened, yet. It looks as if things may change later this year. When I was a very young man I bought my first CD (certificate of deposit). They are terrible investments tod...
8 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Pinotio.com
An updated copy of this post is maintained here. Some might fault a fixed monetary supply for the deflationary nature of prices in such a system. With prices falling some might argue that people will be reluctant to spend. I counter that the pric...
4 Apr 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Pinotio.com
An updated copy of this post is maintained here. Summary: Even when we pay in crypto, prices are mostly denominated in fiat Bitcoin might soon be more widely held than the US dollar, so it's time to start denominating prices in Bitcoin If you own...
27 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Formermom
The president of the USA announces trillion dollar stimulus bill for covid 19. No president wants to be the bag holder when the debt collectors knock at the door, but is there a method to this keynesian madness? GOT DEBT? Just hyper inflate your curr...
24 Mar 2021 3 minute read 7 comments Stuart Hollinger
Underconsumption and Overproduction — Stuart inflation can’t be avoided because underconsumption is an inevitable phenomenon. For instance, the overproduction of cotton caused by the invention of the cotton gin created periodic economic panics in t...
