by Caleb Jones | Sep 10, 2017 | Economics
A common trope of Societal Programming, particularly that of the USA, is that war is good for the economy. Examples range from the (largely false) economic prosperity during the George W. Bush Iraq War years all the way to how “World War Two got America out of the...
by Caleb Jones | Mar 9, 2017 | Western Collapse
It’s not often that statistics surprise me, so when they do, it’s a jolting experience. Last week, a few of you sent me this article that presents some very interesting data. Last year, a record 82,000 millionaires moved to another country, according to a new study....
by Caleb Jones | May 12, 2016 | Economics
Our society is a Viking ship. 100 of us are in the bowels of the ship, with oars in our hands, tasked with moving the ship forward. In the front of the ship, about five people are constantly rowing very hard, sweating, sore, teeth gritted. They row endlessly,...
by Caleb Jones | Feb 8, 2016 | Economics
As you are hopefully aware, the US economy is in a bubble. Bonds, real estate, college tuitions and loans, the stock market, just about everything right now is overpriced and ready to pop. Strangely, most of the rest of the developed world is even worse. Japan’s...
by Caleb Jones | Nov 3, 2013 | Economics
Several Austrian economists including guys like Peter Schiff have used what is now called the circus analogy. It goes something like this. A big traveling circus comes to a small town. All the circus people go have regular breakfast, lunch, and dinner at one of the...