Tags: deficit reduction

Nine Steps to Prosperity

October 24th, 2012
in Op Ed

So tell me again: Why don’t you want prosperity? by Rodger Malcolm Mitchell, www.nofica.com A reader (Steveiii) suggested I “enlarge” the “Nine Steps to Prosperity” you can read at the bottom of each recent post and in Nine steps to prosperity; a s… more »

When Up is Down (or Is It the Other Way Around?)

October 10th, 2012
in Op Ed

The most hilarious concept in economics — or the most frighteningby Rodger Malcolm Mitchell, www.nofica.com After I wrote the post about “Go Big,” (the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget’s demand that the deficit be reduced by even more than… more »

Politicians’ Nonsense: Higher Taxes and Lower Spending

May 30th, 2012
in Op Ed

by Rodger Malcolm Mitchell, www.nofica.com more »

Debt Crisis: A Look at Tax Reform Solution

July 21st, 2011
in Announcements

by Guest Author Lance Roberts of Streettalk LiveThis past week Paul Krugman wrote an article entitled "Getting To Crazy" in the NYT where he lambasts the GOP for, well, being crazy about not getting on board with the President and Democrats on the trillions in cuts being offered in order to raise the debt ceiling. more »

QE2: Captblogain, your Ship is Sinking

May 12th, 2011
in Announcements, Op Ed

So imagine the corn crop report comes out and it surprises on the upside at up 30%. What happens? The price of corn probably starts to fall. Commercial buyers back off, farmers rush to hedge, and, overall, players of all ilks try to reduce positions, get short, etc.A few weeks later it’s further confirmed that the farmers are producing a massive bumper crop.What happens? The same adjustments continue. more »