Fraud. Why the great recession?

Veröffentlicht: 19. Februar 2013 | Autor: | Abgelegt unter: Rezession | Tags: , , | Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

FRAUD: WHY THE GREAT RECESSION?

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Free markets are not to be blamed for the Great Recession. On the contrary, its origins rest upon the deep government and central bank intervention in the economy. Through fraudulent mechanisms, this causes recurrent boom and bust cycles: bad policies create phases of irrational exuberance, which are then followed by economic recessions, a result that every citizen ends up suffering from.
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The 1930s All Over Again?

Veröffentlicht: 29. November 2012 | Autor: | Abgelegt unter: BEWERTUNGEN ZUM ZEITGESCHEHEN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Tags: , , , | Hinterlasse einen Kommentar
The 1930s All Over Again?
Then, as today, societies were uncertain about which model of society to strive for and how to repair monetary systems. Societies bet on the wrong ideas; we may be committing similar mistakes now.
Many people draw parallels between today and the 1930s, labeling this the Great Recession. They note the high unemployment rate, referring not to the mismeasured, official statistic, but to the number more than double that rate, which also accounts for those who dropped out from the labor force and are no longer counted as “unemployed.” Others worry about the deflationary risk, the dollar devaluation, and the status of the U.S. dollar as reserve currency. Still others worry that the “vital few” — those with high scientific aptitudes and entrepreneurial drive — no longer come to or stay in the United States, but stay in or go back to the many countries whose Iron Curtains have been punctured since 1989.
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Essay by Prof. Reuven Brenner [McGill University] — THE AMERICAN