It’s fun times these days to be a commodity trader / blogger. There is no mid-range to the comments. Most of the criticism or descending comments I get on anything I write about the role of commodity traders usually has the undertone of populist anger around TARP. I try to present a balanced argument to the anger that is misplaced on managers of
When you look at this very telling chart of Energy Supply and the Individual States from Gregor MacDonald’s Gregor.us Monthly , you see the harmful economic impact the green movement has had on California. Sound blasphemous? Not really. Victor Sperandeo said effectively the same thing in the video excerpt Observe What Is . California consumes 3
To say that author and radio show host Charles Goyette is bearish on the US dollar would be a gross understatement. In a wide-ranging podcast at MartinKronicle.com that covered many topics in his new book The Dollar Meltdown , Charles Goyette discussed several hard-hit areas of the political economy that according to him will tank the dollar much
Charles Goyette Dollar Meltdown Video Interview from Michael Martin on Vimeo . Author and radio show host Charles Goyette speaks with Michael Martin of MartinKronicle and Contributor to the LvMI Economics Blog about the state of the US economy, Bernanke’s re-appointment, and US long-term debt. The Mises post Goyette refers to early in this
Attention airline passengers: Not only do you have to pay extra for your luggage, your meal, and your headphones, you now have a dress code on United Airlines . But that shouldn’t surprise you. The airlines industry in general has been mismanaged for decades, including being overwhelmed with high labor costs and being laden with debtjust like the
There are several things that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will be considering as they convene hearings. Hopefully they will hear well-researched, and well-thought out opinions, unlike that of Michael Masters – who’s testimony was slammed equally by the left and the right by the likes of Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman and Commodity
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