Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis Thu 2010-08-26 15:11 EDT

"Contained Depression"

Michael Shedlock

Kevin Feltes, an economist for the Jerome Levy Forecasting Center, solicited my opinion on a couple of their recent articles. Levy comes down on the side of deflation, as do I. However, the devil is in the details...That Levy managed to come to what I believe is the proper overall conclusion stems from Levy's rock-solid case presented in section 2: Why Aggressive Monetary Policy Isn't Causing and Won't Cause Inflation...

contained Depression; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

naked capitalism Thu 2010-04-01 19:57 EDT

Top ten reasons you know China has a financial bubble on its hands

Edward Harrison

Edward Chancellor, author of the seminal book on financial speculation and manias ``Devil Take The Hindmost,'' is now turning his eyes to China. He sees a number of red flags which point to excess in China...The trouble is that China today exhibits many of the characteristics of great speculative manias. The aim of this paper is to describe the common features of some of the great historical bubbles and outline China's current vulnerability...Is China in a bubble blow-off top like Japan post-Plaza accord? I say yes. I believe anyone who thinks this will not end badly is in for a rude awakening.

Financial bubble; handing; know China; naked capitalism; reasons; Top.

Tue 2008-10-07 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: The Devil in the (Derivative) Details: AIG, Fortis

AIG; derivative; details; Devil; Fortis; naked capitalism.

Thu 2008-07-10 00:00 EDT

Money Matters: Fed Reserve Wants Free Trade 'Inflation Fixer-upper'

"free trade is a poison and best served to stupid foreign devils"

Fed Reserve Wants Free Trade; Inflation Fixer-upper; money matters.