Fed-worrying

Three weeks I wrote that:

Right now, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if a year that began with a deflation/growth scare ended with an inflation scare.

Now, predicting the “return of inflation” is something of a trope of post-2009 economic commentary and…

I’m not a Bandwagon China Bear

Why China’s Bubble will lead to the Global Economic Reset.

I studied finance and traded stocks in 2000, Lived in China in 2006, Worked in the Mortgage Real Estate Business, and now Technology since 2007. I have been on the inside of every one of…

The Big Short

Being a financial reporter in the aftermath of the greatest crisis since 1929 is a lot like being Bob Dylan.

The Problem of Black Unemployment: Racial Inequalities Persist Even Amongst the Unemployed

by Nick Buffie

In October 2009, the unemployment rate peaked at 10.0 percent. That same month, unemployment was 9.2 percent for white Americans and 15…

Why Everybody is so Wrong and You are Right

When it comes to the stock market everybody is confident. People foresee the future…

Secular Stagnation vs. Ben Bernanke

Let me put here my first, much longer draft to what appeared on Project Syndicate: The Tragedy of…

Bank Regulations Continue to Hinder the U.S. Recovery

By Steve H. Hanke

This article appeared in the December 2015 issue of Globe Asia.

Money matters — it’s one of Milton Friedman’s maxims that I repeat often in my columns. Since the…

What Does Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis Mean for Bondholders?

Part One: How Real is the Possibility of Massive Haircuts?

A couple weeks ago, the Working Group assembled by Puerto Rico’s Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla released…