Blog/Economics
When Bonds Become Money
QUESTION: You said the “crash is in the debt markets”. Can you please explain how that will evolve? Liz M. ANSWER: Once upon a time before 1971, there [...]
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Will Shipping Turn in 2020?
COMMENT: HI MA, Well, I know you’ve written about Germany many times as the next big country in Euro to hit the skids…I kept with Italy for a long period [...]
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Portugal’s Miracle?
The Portuguese economy was bailed out by the European Union eight years ago. It is now booming, also in part for its aggressive attraction of courting foreign [...]
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How the World Economy Works without Government
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Universal Basic Income
The idea of some Universal Basic Income has been around for a long time. Here is Milton Friedman on his proposal of a Negative Income Tax. There will always [...]
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The Forecast of 1997 Calling for the Inverse Relationship between Bonds & Shares Remains on Target
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I attended your WEC in London back in 1997 when the Euro Commission took the entire back row. I remember your forecast that we would begin [...]
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The Central Banks are Trapped – the End of Economics as we have Known it
Draghi has come out and said that is inflation will not pick up, he will do even more Quantitative Easing. I warned that the central banks, particularly the ECB, [...]
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The Fed is Between a Rock & a Hard Place
QUESTION: Dear Mr Armstrong, Not sure if I am understanding it correctly. Is the FED currently between a rock and a hard place? The FED is not able to cut rates [...]
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How the Rich Make Their Money
QUESTION: Good Sir, When you say the ‘rich get rich by investments, not wages’ you fail to identify the following wealthy class. CEO’s of corporations, [...]
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