Category Archives: Viewpoint

Editorials, commentary and education by a number of known and not-so-well-known writers.

Did you know???

Well… it’s ALL bats to me! Many theories have been advanced to explain the origins of the novel COVID-19 coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, ranging from the prosaic finding that it was merely a natural mutation … Continue reading

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No, This Is Not Another 1929, 1973, 1987, 2000, or 2008

Basing one’s decisions on analogs from the past is entering a fool’s paradise of folly. Like addicts who cannot control their cravings, financial analysts cannot stop themselves from seeking some analog situation in the past which will clarify the swirling … Continue reading

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Why Americans Don’t Have Any Savings

In response to a likely worldwide recession, governments have turned on full blast the fiscal and monetary spigots. A $2 trillion spending plan has just been approved in the USA, central banks are on a buying spree, and the $1200 … Continue reading

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The US Will Never Get Back to Pre-Coronavirus Spending Levels, History Suggests…

… and that means trouble – with a capital “T” Not only does the US government never pay back what it has borrowed, somehow the emergency stimulus spending always becomes the new normal. It just took a couple of weeks … Continue reading

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A Rational Look at the So-Called Covid 19 – Pandemic

What is yet to come will be a devastating collapse of the economy of the US, due to the suspension of normal economic activity for so many months… 2,835,205 Americans died in the year 2018. (Source: National Vital Statistics System). … Continue reading

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JUST My Opinion ~ Nothing More

I’m no economist, but I’m not stupid either. I have two eyes, and I have a brain and I use them both; and they tell me that something is going on right now in regards to our economy; particularly the … Continue reading

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How to return to sound money

Introduction There has been very little commentary in recent years about the benefits of sound money, being limited almost entirely to followers of the Austrian school of economics. Even less has been written about how to back out of inflationism, … Continue reading

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What In The World Is The Federal Reserve Thinking???

You don’t use up all of your ammunition before the battle even begins. The U.S. economy has not even officially entered recession territory yet, although many experts are definitely anticipating one in 2020. When that recession arrives, the Federal Reserve … Continue reading

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In the words of Bonnie Raitt…

…something to talk about!

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