Are We Experiencing Deflation?

Posted by on Jul 7, 2010 in Economy | 1 comment

I’m sending off the “Buy Gold and Silver Safely” book to the editors today. It’s been a lot of hard work, but well worth the time. Are We Experiencing Deflation? This is the question that has been going around and debated for a couple years now. Mish Shedlock, Gary North and others have locked horns over the issue. I devote an entire chapter to the debate in my book in...

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Digger’s Friday Triple Play

Posted by on Jul 10, 2009 in Economy, GDP, Government Spending | 0 comments

When Stimulus Does Not Stimulate Certainly we can expect that when the government spends a trillion dollars this will provide a positive statistical boost to GDP, if for no other reason that government spending makes up a significant portion of GDP. Where, however, does the state get the money to spend? Ah, as Hamlet might say, there’s the rub. There are only three ways the government can...

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