Market Melt-up and the Fed’s Magic Flute in the Courtyard of Aristophanes
The most recent Fed’s decision to turn policy on its head and pursue higher inflation targets for the sake of stimulating the economy, reminds us of a grand strategy without tactics, which simply is no strategy. The reason for this is the fact that the Fed has no...Reviewing Economic Developments: Getting Away from Colchis with the Golden Fleece
During the month of July, economic momentum lost ground, as portrayed by the Consumer Sentiment Index shown below. Data related to employment, spending, and mobility also reflected the slow down. Caution is also expressed regarding the next 2-3 months as the flu...If FAANG is the Answer, then what are the Questions?
Sometimes I feel that I have no answers, and as a teacher my role is to question my students’ answers. When unrestricted growth and concentrated power is amassed at the hands of a few players, then the economy may end up stagnating, inequalities may start exploding,...Money, Debts, Gold and the Greenback: When Yeats Met Orwell
In his sixth section of “Meditations in Time of Civil War”, the famous Nobel laureate Irish poet (and pillar of literature) William Butler Yeats writes: “We had fed the heart on fantasies, the heart’s grown brutal from the fare. More substance in our enmities than in...Sign Up for Our Publications
