The Keynesian Solvency Standoff and the Case for Shorting Treasuries [View article]
It scared you off because that's what it was supposed to do.
The United States' wealth isn't infinite. It can't buy Treasuries indefinitely. Global interest rates are much more powerful than anything Bernanke can conjure. He plays a dangerous game, and I'm going to wait it out...
The Keynesian Solvency Standoff and the Case for Shorting Treasuries [View article]
Are you saying the republic wasn't founded on the principles that Mill eventually adopted? And are you suggesting those principles are still a part of our government today?
The Keynesian Solvency Standoff and the Case for Shorting Treasuries [View article]
When we refer to gold hitting record highs, we are, of course, talking about the highest prices in three decades -- not all-time highs. But those will be taken out soon enough too.
Bernanke's Absurd Proposal to Eliminate Reserve Requirements [View article]
You just called me "dude," then told me my "credibility is shot," and then compared me to someone named "Rush Lim."
I'm reeling from the volume of quality information I just received about myself. Nonetheless, I think I can find the dignity to reply:
Bernanke IS making tough decisions. And his decisions are horrible. They are destroying the United States dollar, and the country's standing as an economic power. I DO disagree with him, and I think he IS evil for executing plans that will so adversely affect so many billions of people. Starvation, unemployment, hyper-inflation, and pain ARE evil.
And comparing me to "Rush Lim" is like comparing me to Cheech Marin; it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
You're just making noise now. I've written hundreds of articles answering all of your questions. Fire up your printer, kick off your shoes, and enjoy my answers.
In the meantime, I will give you this: if you really believe that quantitative easing isn't a Keynesian policy, then you are delusional.
I've avoided this thread to now, but I can't stand it anymore...
Economists who think the economy would be in better shape without quantitative easing:
- Walter Williams - Peter Schiff - Jim Rogers - Marc Faber - Chris Martenson - Don Boudreaux - Ludwig von Mises - F.A. Hayek - Carl Mencken - About 1,000,000 others
And, last but not least, there's John Maynard Keynes -- who repudiated his own ridiculous theories before he died.
Vox Rationalis [sic], don't beg for authorities in a forum full of people armed to the teeth with economic and epistemological prowess. It's just not very smart.
By the way, asking for a reference and then claiming it doesn't exist -- absent a rebuttal -- is a glaring logical fallacy. Just so you know.
Inflation: Why Markets Ignored the Fed Rate Hike [View article]
I'm glad to hear you're doing well, Michael. And I assure you I'm deeply troubled that you won't be reading my articles anymore. Please think of me tonight when you're sleeping soundly -- for I most certainly will not be.
Money's Tight? Time to Support Your Unemployed Neighbor [View article]
Whoa there, metalpipe.
(Love the name, by the way. It makes me feel positively masculine. It's been a while. I probably need to go shoot a gun, or kill a deer, or something.)
Look, George Washington was a hard worker, but he didn't go all commie on the stars and stripes, now did he? You may think you're right, but Strunk and White are turning in their graves right now. Along with Jimmy Hoffa. If you can't get subject-verb agreement right, why the hell should we respect your economic perspective? It almost am criminal. If you know what I'm saying.
Thanks for stepping up to the plate. Thank the Lord God that his Son the Lord Jesus invented the keyboard and the Internet. Now you have a voice.
An Innovative Way to Fix Healthcare [View article]
First, please cite your source(s) for this extremely contentious claim.
Next, please address the issue that the quality of healthcare in state-funded systems is exceedingly inferior.
Finally, please address the fact that the government IS directly involved in the healthcare system in the United States, and that its involvement -- albeit relatively muted -- has dramatically inflated prices that would have remained low, left unfettered.
This isn't ideology; this is math. If the government began requiring that every citizen be given a new computer every single year, you better believe that the prices of new technology would increase - in direct contrast with the current state of the market, in which technology prices collapse almost immediately after introduction, as a result of obviation. Governmental intervention discourages innovation. Period.
The government is liquid cement. It clogs everything.
Money's Tight? Time to Support Your Unemployed Neighbor [View article]
"Demonstrably?" I've written countless articles, a book, and spoken in front of tens of thousands of people denouncing right-wing economics and politics. And you come here, read a few lines, casually toss about a couple of puerile morsels of profanity, and now you have the temerity to tell me that my views are "demonstrably right wing?"
Um, I don't think so.
Incidentally, a technology was introduced a few years back that you probably want to look into before you go vomiting your poorly-conceived opinions all over the internet. You may have heard of it. It's called Google.
The Keynesian Solvency Standoff and the Case for Shorting Treasuries [View article]
The United States' wealth isn't infinite. It can't buy Treasuries indefinitely. Global interest rates are much more powerful than anything Bernanke can conjure. He plays a dangerous game, and I'm going to wait it out...
The Keynesian Solvency Standoff and the Case for Shorting Treasuries [View article]
The Keynesian Solvency Standoff and the Case for Shorting Treasuries [View article]
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The Keynesian Solvency Standoff and the Case for Shorting Treasuries [View article]
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Bernanke's Absurd Proposal to Eliminate Reserve Requirements [View article]
Bernanke's Absurd Proposal to Eliminate Reserve Requirements [View article]
I'm reeling from the volume of quality information I just received about myself. Nonetheless, I think I can find the dignity to reply:
Bernanke IS making tough decisions. And his decisions are horrible. They are destroying the United States dollar, and the country's standing as an economic power. I DO disagree with him, and I think he IS evil for executing plans that will so adversely affect so many billions of people. Starvation, unemployment, hyper-inflation, and pain ARE evil.
And comparing me to "Rush Lim" is like comparing me to Cheech Marin; it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
So I guess that clears that up. Dude.
Paco Ahlgren
BottomViolation.com
Quantitative Easing's Unwanted Consequences [View article]
In the meantime, I will give you this: if you really believe that quantitative easing isn't a Keynesian policy, then you are delusional.
Quantitative Easing's Unwanted Consequences [View article]
Economists who think the economy would be in better shape without quantitative easing:
- Walter Williams
- Peter Schiff
- Jim Rogers
- Marc Faber
- Chris Martenson
- Don Boudreaux
- Ludwig von Mises
- F.A. Hayek
- Carl Mencken
- About 1,000,000 others
And, last but not least, there's John Maynard Keynes -- who repudiated his own ridiculous theories before he died.
Vox Rationalis [sic], don't beg for authorities in a forum full of people armed to the teeth with economic and epistemological prowess. It's just not very smart.
By the way, asking for a reference and then claiming it doesn't exist -- absent a rebuttal -- is a glaring logical fallacy. Just so you know.
Paco Ahlgren
BottomViolation.com
Stocks Are on the Fence Waiting for Inflation and / or Earnings [View article]
How can I possibly continue to believe my theories in the face of this kind of persuasive (and clearly profound) argumentation?
I hereby renounce my positions. I am now a Keynesian. Thank you, Econdoc, for showing me how stupid I was.
Paco Ahlgren
BottomViolation.com
Inflation: Why Markets Ignored the Fed Rate Hike [View article]
Yeah. Because I believe everything the Fed says. They always tell the truth.
Paco
BottomViolation.com
Inflation: Why Markets Ignored the Fed Rate Hike [View article]
Or are you saying that "Austrian economists" sided with the Nazis during WWII? That would be an even more ignorant thing to say.
I'd love to read your clarification.
Paco
BottomViolation.com
Inflation: Why Markets Ignored the Fed Rate Hike [View article]
This is a terrible blow, indeed.
Paco
BottomViolation.com
Money's Tight? Time to Support Your Unemployed Neighbor [View article]
(Love the name, by the way. It makes me feel positively masculine. It's been a while. I probably need to go shoot a gun, or kill a deer, or something.)
Look, George Washington was a hard worker, but he didn't go all commie on the stars and stripes, now did he? You may think you're right, but Strunk and White are turning in their graves right now. Along with Jimmy Hoffa. If you can't get subject-verb agreement right, why the hell should we respect your economic perspective? It almost am criminal. If you know what I'm saying.
Thanks for stepping up to the plate. Thank the Lord God that his Son the Lord Jesus invented the keyboard and the Internet. Now you have a voice.
Next?
www.BottomViolation.com
An Innovative Way to Fix Healthcare [View article]
Next, please address the issue that the quality of healthcare in state-funded systems is exceedingly inferior.
Finally, please address the fact that the government IS directly involved in the healthcare system in the United States, and that its involvement -- albeit relatively muted -- has dramatically inflated prices that would have remained low, left unfettered.
This isn't ideology; this is math. If the government began requiring that every citizen be given a new computer every single year, you better believe that the prices of new technology would increase - in direct contrast with the current state of the market, in which technology prices collapse almost immediately after introduction, as a result of obviation. Governmental intervention discourages innovation. Period.
The government is liquid cement. It clogs everything.
Paco
BottomViolation.com
Money's Tight? Time to Support Your Unemployed Neighbor [View article]
Um, I don't think so.
Incidentally, a technology was introduced a few years back that you probably want to look into before you go vomiting your poorly-conceived opinions all over the internet. You may have heard of it. It's called Google.