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Category Archives: Economics
Virginia Woolf 2.0: Mrs. Dalloway hosts the PM, Jacob Rees-Mogg, John Redwood and others
Meanwhile cutting-edge innovation has become a Champions-League team effort which can ill afford that some members of the national economy squad take pride in not breaking sweat. Continue reading
Posted in Economics, EURO crisis, Freedom and Innovation, Poetry, Politics
Tagged against crony capitalism, capitalistic existentialism, creative narcissism, Philosophy of Freedom, Political Leadership, Politicians
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Charles Swann: The Kind of High Finance Player / Homme d’Esprit the World Desperately Needs!
Any High Finance Industry should be proud to have such a fine systemic-risk analyst like Mr. Proust’s Charles Swann serving it. Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Ethical Capitalism, Finance, Poetry
Tagged capitalistic existentialism, creative narcissism, Free Society, Political Leadership
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US Voters tell pundits and analysts that any complacency about the future is dramatically mistaken
The results of the US presidential primaries in Indiana mark a watershed moment not only for US politics. For the first time in recent US history voters have rejected in dramatic fashion the TARP-like effort from the media and political establishment to rescue subject establishment from defeat in the GOP Primary. Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Finance, Politics
Tagged against crony capitalism, capitalistic existentialism, financial speculation, transparent financial markets
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Dumping the Trump: Why we step back from our earlier endorsement
Tweet A change of heart on the Republican Primary Candidate Donald Trump, (originally published on April 7, 2016) This wasn’t an easy decision. And it does indeed feel like a defeat. But the latest suggestion of GOP Candidate Donald Trump … Continue reading
Donald: Slapping tariffs on imported goods isn’t the answer, educational reform is!
Tweet Noah denkt™ clarifies its endorsement of the 2016 GOP frontrunner, Donald Trump, first published on Feb 26, 2016 “Ford announces a few weeks ago that Ford is going to build a $2.5 billion car and truck and parts manufacturing … Continue reading
The Federal Reserve’s rate hike dance
Prices in Silicon Valley are way beyond the 2% inflation target of the Federal Reserve. Continue reading
Accept a haircut in turn for a Grexit
The sad truth continues to be that Greece remains far, far away from being competitive enough to afford a Euro currency. Continue reading
Paul Singer’s Reality Check
“Nobody can predict how long governments can get away with fake growth, fake money, fake jobs, fake financial stability, fake inflation numbers and fake income growth”, says Paul Singer of Elliott Management Corp. He is right. Current economic figures are in deed misleading Continue reading
She is not hawkish on inflation
It appears as if Federal Reserve Chairwoman Yellen is more concerned with steering the economy towards full employment rather than keeping inflation down. This is problematic since it is quite doubtful whether we will ever reach the traditional notion of full employment again. Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Finance
Tagged monetarist versus supply side politics, Policy and PR
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More crony capitalism
The fact that stock exchanges who are expected to work as co-regulators rent server space within their own computers to flash traders in order to provide them with faster access to trading data is outrageous. It blatantly violates the equal access rule. Continue reading
