THE UNFORTUNATE CONNECTION BETWEEN ECONOMICS AND POLITICS
POLITICS GETS IN THE WAY OF PRUDENT ECONOMICS PART 1 - A SHORT LOOK - POLITICS AND THE RELEVANT HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT The basis…
THE PROSPECTS OF TRUMPS’ SUPPLY SIDE ECONOMIC POLICIES GIVEN EXISTING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
The success of any economic plan that professes correcting the errors and economic damage created by an existing faulty plan must take into consideration the…
A KEYNESIAN THUMB ON THE SCALE AGAIN – WRONG AGAIN!
Prior to the 2016 presidential election Mark Zandy of Moody Analytics projected that the Trump tax proposals would have a negative impact on the economy.…
DEMOCRATS’ FAR LEFT FISCAL AND MONETARY CACOPHONY
The ongoing fiscal and monetary waltz featuring the Biden Administration’s over the top agenda driven spending (endorsed by the misguided followers of New Monetary policy)…
TRILLIONS OF DEFICIT SPENDING MINUS BILLIONS OF QUANTATIVE TIGHTENING EQUALS MORE INFLATION
I find it very interesting that the media gurus, who are reacting to the sharp reversal in the rate of inflation as evidenced in the…
POLITICAL ECONOMY IS A BENIGN ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE
THE INTERACTION OF POLITICS AND THE ECONOMY IS NOT. LEAVE THE FREE MARKET ALONE! After days of struggling with how to address this seemingly simple…
Soft Landing Slow Landing No Landing Soon – What a Mess!
The Debate Continues The Fed has sent the message that they believe that they can engineer a soft landing for the economy after fighting inflation…
Addendum to: Economy is Going Where? – the Stock Market is Doing What?
It is the middle of July 2023 – and - the economic and stock market gurus and pundits that pontificate daily over various forms of…
The Economy is Going Where? – and – The Stock Market is Doing What?
Modern Monetary Theory – Weak on Theory - Wrong for the Free Market In the March 19th paper, Inflation Confusion Plus Recession Confusion Equals Stock…
INFLATION CONFUSION PLUS RECESSION CONFUSION EQUALS STOCK MARKET CONFUSION
In the last paper I posted in georgeeconomics.com, “Stubborn Inflation – Why…”, I discussed the reality of inflation and some of the major factors that…