Tom Duncan
at Sound Money Project
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“Euro Under Pressure As Greek Bonds Slump”
“The euro is slumping against the dollar Wednesday morning as Greek bond prices tumble and their yields surge higher against their German counterparts. The dollar is split against other major currencies, with little change against the yen, a retreat against the Canadian dollar and a partial rebound against the U.K. pound. As talks between Greece,…
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“BOE Unanimously Kept Bond Plan at 200 Billion Pounds”
“Bank of England policy makers unanimously kept their bond-purchase plan at 200 billion pounds ($307 billion) in April as some officials showed mounting concern at the prospect of a prolonged bout of faster inflation. The nine-member Monetary Policy Committee, led by Governor Mervyn King, voted 9-0 to maintain the program because data in the previous…
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“Fed Kohn Paper: Crisis Early Warning Requires Better Data”
“While, in hindsight, some of the data available to the Federal Reserve and other authorities gave notice of the financial crisis, more data and a different approach to analyzing them are needed if a reliable ‘early warning system’ for future crises is to be developed, according to research by Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn…
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“The Financial Crisis Grinch”
Our friends at the Cato Institute have offered this podcast on the financial crisis. “The Financial Crisis Grinch” Featuring Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr. Novermber 24, 2008.
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A Week of Travels
The past week has been a busy one for Atlas and the Sound Money project. Since last Thursday, we have traveled from D.C. to Philadelphia to Las Vegas. It has been a hectic, but rewarding journey. The Sound Money project has been gaining support at each of its stops. We would like to thank all…
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Larry White to Lecture at GMU!
Date: Monday, April 19, 2010 Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm Location: George Mason University — SUB II, Room 7 Address: 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA The GMU Economics Society & the Atlas Sound Money Project invite you to attend a lecture with GMU Prof. Lawrence H. White on “What is Sound Money and How…
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The Swinging Pendulum
On Monday, April 5, the Future of Freedom Foundation and the George Mason University Econ Society hosted a lecture1 by Dr. Richard Ebeling, professor of economics at Northwood University and former president of the Foundation for Economic Education. Dr. Ebeling is an excellent speaker, eloquent and motivated, and this lecture did not disappoint. According to…
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Hyperinflation
“Inflation is a sustained increase in the aggregate price level. Hyperinflation is very high inflation. Although the threshold is arbitrary, economists generally reserve the term ‘hyperinflation’ to describe episodes when the monthly inflation rate is greater than 50 percent. At a monthly rate of 50 percent, an item that cost $1 on January 1 would…
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“Why Default on U.S. Treasuries is Likely”
“Almost everyone is aware that federal government spending in the United States is scheduled to skyrocket, primarily because of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Recent “stimulus” packages have accelerated the process. Only the naively optimistic actually believe that politicians will fully resolve this looming fiscal crisis with some judicious combination of tax hikes and program…
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“Misrepresenting ‘How We Arrived at This Moment’”
“What must be done to recover from this financial crisis? Barack Obama rightly stresses that we first must understand how today’s problems emerged. It is ‘only by understanding how we arrived at this moment that we’ll be able to lift ourselves out of this predicament.’ Unfortunately, Obama (along with most of the Washington establishment) has…
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“Euro Under Pressure As Greek Bonds Slump”
“The euro is slumping against the dollar Wednesday morning as Greek bond prices tumble and their yields surge higher against their German counterparts. The dollar is split against other major currencies, with little change against the yen, a retreat against the Canadian dollar and a partial rebound against the U.K. pound. As talks between Greece,…
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“BOE Unanimously Kept Bond Plan at 200 Billion Pounds”
“Bank of England policy makers unanimously kept their bond-purchase plan at 200 billion pounds ($307 billion) in April as some officials showed mounting concern at the prospect of a prolonged bout of faster inflation. The nine-member Monetary Policy Committee, led by Governor Mervyn King, voted 9-0 to maintain the program because data in the previous…
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“Fed Kohn Paper: Crisis Early Warning Requires Better Data”
“While, in hindsight, some of the data available to the Federal Reserve and other authorities gave notice of the financial crisis, more data and a different approach to analyzing them are needed if a reliable ‘early warning system’ for future crises is to be developed, according to research by Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn…
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“The Financial Crisis Grinch”
Our friends at the Cato Institute have offered this podcast on the financial crisis. “The Financial Crisis Grinch” Featuring Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr. Novermber 24, 2008.
-
A Week of Travels
The past week has been a busy one for Atlas and the Sound Money project. Since last Thursday, we have traveled from D.C. to Philadelphia to Las Vegas. It has been a hectic, but rewarding journey. The Sound Money project has been gaining support at each of its stops. We would like to thank all…
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Larry White to Lecture at GMU!
Date: Monday, April 19, 2010 Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm Location: George Mason University — SUB II, Room 7 Address: 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA The GMU Economics Society & the Atlas Sound Money Project invite you to attend a lecture with GMU Prof. Lawrence H. White on “What is Sound Money and How…
-
The Swinging Pendulum
On Monday, April 5, the Future of Freedom Foundation and the George Mason University Econ Society hosted a lecture1 by Dr. Richard Ebeling, professor of economics at Northwood University and former president of the Foundation for Economic Education. Dr. Ebeling is an excellent speaker, eloquent and motivated, and this lecture did not disappoint. According to…
-
Hyperinflation
“Inflation is a sustained increase in the aggregate price level. Hyperinflation is very high inflation. Although the threshold is arbitrary, economists generally reserve the term ‘hyperinflation’ to describe episodes when the monthly inflation rate is greater than 50 percent. At a monthly rate of 50 percent, an item that cost $1 on January 1 would…
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“Why Default on U.S. Treasuries is Likely”
“Almost everyone is aware that federal government spending in the United States is scheduled to skyrocket, primarily because of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Recent “stimulus” packages have accelerated the process. Only the naively optimistic actually believe that politicians will fully resolve this looming fiscal crisis with some judicious combination of tax hikes and program…
-
“Misrepresenting ‘How We Arrived at This Moment’”
“What must be done to recover from this financial crisis? Barack Obama rightly stresses that we first must understand how today’s problems emerged. It is ‘only by understanding how we arrived at this moment that we’ll be able to lift ourselves out of this predicament.’ Unfortunately, Obama (along with most of the Washington establishment) has…
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