“Little else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes and a tolerable administration of justice.” — Adam Smith Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of spending time with Finn Kydland, the 2004 Nobel laureate in Economics. I arranged to have him […]
“The impact on the broader economy and financial markets of the problem in the subprime markets seems likely to be contained.” — Fed Chair Ben Bernanke on March 28, 2007 before Congress The Nobel Prize in Economics has once again been tarnished by giving it to Ben Bernanke, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve […]
“We have indeed at the moment little cause for pride: as a profession we have made a mess of things.” — Friedrich Hayek, Nobel Prize acceptance speech (1974) My wife Jo Ann and I are here in Oslo, Norway, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Mont Pelerin Society, an international group of economists and political […]
“Inflation is probably the most important single factor in that vicious circle where one kind of government action makes more and more government control necessary.” — Friedrich Hayek Wall Street veterans say September is the cruelest month, and it has certainly lived up to its reputation in 2022. The bear market can clearly be laid at […]
“The Inflation Reduction Act was our last chance to escape catastrophe.” — Paul Krugman at the World Knowledge Forum, in Seoul, Korea Paul Krugman got top billing, along with Ray Dalio and John Bolton, at the annual World Knowledge Forum, the Korean version of the World Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland. He spoke twice to packed […]
“Things have gotten drastically better if we measure inflation only over the past three months.” — Paul Krugman, The New York Times, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. Paul Krugman, the Nobel prize economist and The New York Times columnist, had blown it again. As soon as the ink dried on his column “Misery Takes a Holiday: Surprise, Inflation on Inflation” […]
Special Announcement: Today, the Wall Street Journal published an important op-ed entitled [TBA]. Read it here: [TBA] — I’ll send you the title and the link later this evening when it is posted online. “The uniform, constant, and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition is frequently powerful enough to maintain the […]
“Never fight the Fed.” — Larry Kudlow (Maxims of Wall Street, p. 219) “Don’t fight the Fed — fear the Fed.” — Michael Sincere, MarketWatch (Maxims of Wall Street, p. 150) The two-month rally on Wall Street ended abruptly last week when Fed chairman Jay Powell doubled down on the inflation threat and warned additional pain was […]
“You have to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the nuts are.” — Will Rogers (Maxims of Wall Street, p. 52) Yes, it’s true, Elon Musk’s electric car company made me a millionaire. Tesla stock has risen 1,200% in just five years, pushing my mutual fund (which has a huge position in Tesla) in my IRA […]
Take This Poll: Who Will Save the Republic? “I am apprehensive that the government of these states may in future times end in a monarchy, and a King will be set over us.” — Benjamin Franklin Please take the anonymous poll at the end of this column. Thanks. Last week the Biden administration brazenly rammed […]
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