An interesting public-relations ploy in the mortgage finance industry is to never refer to rising prices as inflation. Instead, industry representatives always refer to it by the more palatable, and …
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On the campaign trail, candidate Trump often derided the Federal Reserve System for its easy money policy, and its former and current chairmen Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen for their …
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Once a given economy has been subjected to the nightmare of hyperinflation, one would think everyone who survived would have learned their lesson. But if you made that assumption about …
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The word “capitalism” gets used quite loosely and seems to always be the scapegoat for the various economic and social problems afflicting society. High prices, economic crashes and instability, corporate …
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The latest Republican effort to overhaul the US tax code includes provisions to help businesses thrive and create a more favorable environment for creating more American jobs. The Tax Cuts …
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Tapping into the benefits of the precious yellow metal, the traditional safe haven, and the power of cutting-edge blockchain technology, GoldMint, a blockchain-based platform registered in Singapore, aims to make …
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Some of the world’s central bankers don’t want to see their control of the global financial system threatened by cyberattacks. Not surprisingly, a few officials at the International Monetary Fund …
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Inflation, or the debasement of the currency, is not new. Political elites and ruling institutions all throughout history have been guilty of this mass-scale pick-pocketing of the people. Our current-day …
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Northern countries like Iceland may be giving the cryptocurrency world a big lesson in comparative advantage. Iceland’s cheap and abundant electricity, thanks to plentiful geothermal energy nearby, enables cryptocurrency mining …
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Following an announcement that the Russian government will control the issuance and circulation of cryptocurrencies in the country, the Kremlin rolled out a handful of new orders related to the …