Blog/Economics

The Epidemic of Fake Analysis
COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong; I want to thank you for your work on Europe. We hear nothing from European analysts but up-up-and away and it makes one wonder if that is [...]
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The Theory of Non-Linear Intervention
Economics is well known for rather unrealistic theories based upon fundamentally unsound principles, such as the assumption that all things remain equal. [...]
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Is There a Way Out of This Financial Mess?
We need to open the door to the future but that is only possible by understanding the past. Paul Volcker back in 1979 in his Rediscovery of the Business [...]
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Louvre Accord v Plaza Accord
QUESTION: I notice you often cite the *Plaza Accord* when on the topic of central bank currency manipulation. That accord was signed in 1985 with an aim to devalue [...]
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Can Our Model Forecast Private Companies & Industries?
QUESTION: Hello. I am a business consultant working for a global consulting company and have a client that is in the transportation sector that would benefit [...]
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The 5 Factors Behind Capital Flows
QUESTION: Hi Martin, Well from myself and your family we thank you for sticking with us in this time as you have mentioned you could be doing other thing for [...]
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Price Gouging in Emergencies
There are a lot of people claiming that price gouging should be criminal. What they fail to take into consideration is that price gouging is the only way to really [...]
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Why Governments Expand the Gap Between Rich and Poor
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; You said at your Frankfurt the ECB policy of negative interest rates is actually creating a wider gap between the poor and the rich. Could [...]
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DACA – one-size fits all?
COMMENT: I understand what you are saying about lumping everyone together under this DACA program. It looks like Trump heeded your warning despite the fact you [...]
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USA & EU Differences in Monetary Policy
QUESTION: Sir, In March 2013 Cyprus performed a forced loan through their banking system of about 50%. You have warned that if they do it there, they will [...]
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