Thu 2009-05-07 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Case Against the Fed and Fractional Reserve Lending

``Fractional Reserve Lending (FRL)...in conjunction with micro-mismanagement of interest rates by the Fed is the root cause of the financial crisis''; ``FRL is the enabler for credit bubbles. Given enough time, credit bubbles are guaranteed to implode in deflationary fashion.'' austrian economic libertarian critique

Case; Fed; fractional reserves lending; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

Thu 2009-04-30 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Links 4/17/09

Richard Kline comments on Janet Yellen's asset price bubble remarks

Links 4/17/09; naked capitalism.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

Newsweek's Fearful Krugman Profile - Finance Blog - Ryan Avent - Market Movers - Portfolio.com

by Felix Salmon; ``No one is quoted saying a single nice thing about Krugman's economics or his opinions.''

com; financing blog; Market Movers; Newsweek's Fearful Krugman Profile; portfolio; Ryan Avent.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

The feds must investigate AIG's fishy $12.9 billion payment to Goldman. - By Eliot Spitzer - Slate Magazine

The feds must investigate AIG's fishy $12.9 billion payment to Goldman. - By Eliot Spitzer - Slate Magazine

12; 9; Eliot Spitzer; Fed; Goldman; investigate AIG's fishy; payment; Slate Magazine.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

Jesse's Café Américain: The Obama Team's Economic Performance Is Pathetic

Jesse's Café Américain: The Obama Team's Economic Performance Is Pathetic

Jesse's Café Américain; Obama Team's Economic Performance; pathetic.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

Jesse's Café Américain: Mr. Pot Calling Mr. Kettle. Mr. Pot Calling Mr. Kettle.

Jesse's Café Américain: Mr. Pot Calling Mr. Kettle. Mr. Pot Calling Mr. Kettle.; Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman blames rating agencies; ``The destruction of the real wealth was in the bubble when the middle class was systematically destroyed. This is just the settling of accounts. What we are seeing now is the paint peeling off the rotten economy which the financiers created for their personal benefit.''

Jesse's Café Américain; Mr. Pot Calling Mr. Kettle.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Heat Seeker Option Trading

OptionMonster option trading service

Heat Seeker Option Trading; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

Jesse's Café Américain: Overseas Private Investors Sell US Financial Assets

Jesse's Café Américain: Overseas Private Investors Sell US Financial Assets; Foreign central banks continued to purchase Treasuries while shedding agency debt. This is largely in support of currency pegs for industrial policy and homage from client states like Saudi Arabia.

financial assets; Jesse's Café Américain; Overseas Private Investors Sell.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Guest Post: Geithner's Faustian bargain, the general interest, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Uncle Sam's lost inner compass

naked capitalism: Guest Post: Geithner's Faustian bargain, the general interest, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Uncle Sam's lost inner compass, by Swedish Lex

Geithner's Faustian bargain; general interest; Guest Post; Jean-Jacques Rousseau; naked capitalism; Uncle Sam's lost inner compass.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Geithner's Galling (and Dangerous) Plan For Bad Bank Assets

Bad Bank Assets; dangers; Geithner's Galling; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; plans.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Boomers' Future Went Down The Drain

``A structural shift in consumption to savings or at least reduced consumption, is in store for boomers''

Boomers; drain; futures went; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: On the Fed's "Shock and Awe"

``the unintended Iraq-Fed analogy is apt''

awed; Fed S; naked capitalism; shocks.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Guest post: Can Geithner's public-private partnership get it done?

Edward Harrison

Geithner s public private Partnership; Guest Post; naked capitalism.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Wage Deflation Sets In

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; Wage Deflation Sets.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

Jesse's Café Américain: The Fed's Decision: PRINT

Jesse's Café Américain: The Fed's Decision: PRINT; Fed commits to monetary expansion; ``shooting the patient with morphine so they can go back to work without treating the disease.''

Fed's decision; Jesse's Café Américain; print.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Judge Rules Vallejo Can Void Union Contracts

Judge Rules Vallejo; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; Void Union Contracts.