The endurance of gold at above $900, rising oil prices, the weakening dollar and a Treasury/Fed combo that is increasing the money in c...

Typically the bond market is something that institutional investors, sovereign funds, and the very wealthy tend to invest in. Take for ...

I have been a proponent of inflation being the greater risk to society than deflation for quite some time, so all said, I am in the 'in...

I was watching 'The future of capitalism' on CNBC and was impressed with some of the commentary, the people around the table were a sel...

On Wednesday there was a conference in Trinity College Dublin called 'Irish economic policy for the crisis: What next?'. This post is v...

The second session was chaired by John McHale now of NUIG, formerly of Queens University Canada, who I have emailed back and forth wit...

Banks are restricting credit, in a market economy rationing is generally a mistake, but at the same time they can't come out and say 'w...

'Value for the taxpayer' is the most common line I hear in defence of nationalisation, and inside I laugh every time I hear this line, ...

We have been talking about this for some time, (see posts here 1, 2, 3, 4). In this clip Bloomberg editor Tom Keene talks about the iss...

National Public Radio in the USA have recorded a piece on Ireland it's about five minutes long and you can tune into it here. It inter...

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