Americans Are Delusionally Optimistic
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Simon BlackExactly three years ago, we launched this daily e-letter… and needless to say, it’s been eventful.
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
• http://www.businessinsider.comGood morning. Here's what you need to know. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/opening-bell-20-2012-6#ixzz1yKqWcX5d
U.S. Stocks Advance to One-Month High as Fed Meets
• http://www.businessweek.com, By Rita NazarethU.S. stocks advanced, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to the highest level in more than a month, as the Federal Reserve begins a two-day meeting to decide whether more monetary stimulus is needed to boost the economy.
Taxmageddon−It’s Worse Than It Sounds
• FinancialSense.comThe tax hikes which are schedule for 2013 could shave 5 percent off GDP and throw the county into a full-fledged depression.
Foreign holdings of US debt hit record high
• APForeign demand for U.S. Treasury securities rose to a record high in April. China, the largest buyer of Treasury debt, increased its holdings slightly after trimming them for two straight months.
Bernanke and Obama's Next Step?
Glenn JacobsDespite all of the Federal Reserve’s interventions, the U.S. economy remains moribund. To borrow a term from Lord Keynes, the Fed is “pushing on a string.” What is a central planner to do?
Video Games and Economics Collide
• Valve SoftwareIt was late at night in October of last year when the strange email arrived. In fact, I only read it by accident and did not delete it by some miracle of fate. Before the Euro Crisis erupted in 2009, I was just another economics professor, minding
Today on LewRockwell.com - Friday June 15th 2012
• LewRockwell.comRon Paul Won't Endorse a Fascist Warmonger - The Conspiracy Against Russia - The Drive for Another World War - Has the State Made Science and Technology Frightening? -
STOCKS EXPLODE HIGHER AND RUMORS ARE FLYING
• http://www.businessinsider.comHere's What You Need To Know
JPMorgan Chase on Capitol Hill
Stephen LendmanGrand theft
Bernie Sanders releases explosive bailout list
• Reader Supported News"This report reveals the inherent conflicts of interest that exist at the Federal Reserve. At a time when small businesses could not get affordable loans to create jobs, the Fed was providing trillions in secret loans to some of the largest banks an
A Silver Dime Card is an Alternative Currency (HISTORY)
• wiki.mises.orgWallet Voting began producing Silver Dime [and Quarter] Cards in 2010[1] to provide a smaller-valued unit to compliment the rise of precious metal barter and to create a convenient educational tool for Austrian School concepts such as...
Is Commerce Decent? by Tibor Machan
• www.thedailybell.comIt is not a waste of time to revisit the topic of business bashing, especially in light of President Obama's current attacks on wealth creation. He says he prefers job creation, as if the latter were possible without the former.
20 Reasons Why America's Next Bank Holiday Will Be a Nightmare
• http://www.survivalblog.com,The world is on now on the brink of a global credit crisis that could be far worse than the tumultuous events of 2008.
Today on LewRockwell.com - Wednesday June 13th 2012
• http://www.lewrockwell.com/Who Foments War? - Crooked Elections, Crooked Markets, Crooked Numbers - Heaping Disrespect on Those Who Desperately Deserve It - Hitler's Favorite Bible Verse - The Anti-Golden Rule Empire - Why Are We Obsessed With Zombies?
Two Letters Re: Development of Montana and Idaho Economies
• www.survivalblog.comHi, Just wondering if you could add something to your information on Montana and Idaho? Could you tell us a little about the differences in property taxes in these states.
The End of the American Labor Union Movement as we Know It
• arcleinpolicies have threatened their power – and their very existence in one of the most pro-union states in the country - Republicans and Democrats alike will perceive them as weak. The state’s labor unions – including the AFL-CIO, AFSCME and the SEIU – c
Of Krugman and Diocletian
• http://lewrockwell.com, by Peter C. EarleSeveral weeks ago, a most intriguing exchange occurred on Bloomberg News wherein presidential candidate Ron Paul, the foremost voice for Austrian School economic policies, faced off against Paul Krugman, New York Times economic columnist and recent w
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Mamta BadkarGood morning. Here's what you need to know.
Family Net Worth Drops to Level of Early ’90s, Fed Says
• New York TimesThe recent economic crisis left the median American family in 2010 with no more wealth than in the early 1990s, erasing almost two decades of accumulated prosperity, the Federal Reserve said Monday.
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Mamta BadkarGood morning. Here's what you need to know.
Goosing the Market
• http://lewrockwell.com, by Charles GoyetteBeneath a photo of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, the headline on the Drudge Report Wednesday read "WAITING."
Argentina loses a third of its dollar deposits
• www.reuters.comDepositors withdrew a total of about $100 million per day over the last month in a safe-haven bid fueled by uncertainty over policies that might be adopted as pressure grows to keep U.S. currency in the country.
Morgan Stanley: Ben Bernanke Is Our 'Hapless Hero', And He Will Still Do QE3
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe WeisenthalAfter Bernanke's testimony on Thursday, expectations that the Fed would do QE3 at its June 20 dropped sharply.
America's Student Loan Racket
Stephen LendmanGrand theft
U.S. rating faces 2013 cut if no credible plan: Fitch
• ReutersFitch Ratings reiterated on Thursday it would cut its sovereign credit rating for the United States next year if Washington cannot come to grips with its deficits and create a "credible" fiscal consolidation plan. It also said it would immediately
Here's Why Investors Are Pulling Money Out of the Market
• By: Sal Arnuk and Joseph SaluzziTrust and confidence in the stock market has been shattered in the past few years.
Fed Boosts Capital Rules for Banks, Hitting Stocks
• http://www.cnbc.com, ReutersThe Federal Reserve released a proposal to enact an international agreement on higher capital standards for banks, known as Basel III, that largely rejects pleas by the U.S. banking industry to soften parts of the new standards.
Reality Check: Is QE-3 Really About Forcing You To Invest In Risky Stocks?
• libertycrier.comWhy would the Fed push for another round of quantitative easing when the first two rounds have failed?
What if?
Menckens GhostWhat if a social problem accounted from most of the increase in poverty, most of the increase in school dropouts and academic difficulties, most of the increase in behavioral problems and crime, most of the increase in the income gap between rich and
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