The Velocity of Money The Federal Reserve and central banks in general are running a grand experiment on the economic body, without the benefit of anesthesia. They are testing the theories of Irving Fisher (representing the classical economists), John Keynes (the Keynesian school) Ludwig von Mises (the Austrian school), and…

An Insider’s View of the Real Estate Train Wreck By David Galland The Casey Report The first time I spoke with real estate entrepreneur Andy Miller was in late 2007, when I asked him to serve on the faculty of a Casey Research Summit. As John Mauldin, a former faculty…

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How do You Spell Stagflation? I wrote this summer that it was likely that we would see inflation as reported in the Consumer Price Index rise dramatically in the fourth quarter. This is due to the very low year over year comparison numbers of last years fourth quarter. We got…

Seven Varieties of Deflation By Dr. A. Gary Shilling Inflation in the U.S. has historically been a wartime phenomenon, including not only shooting wars but also the Cold War and the War on Poverty. That’s when the federal government vastly overspends its income on top of a robust private economy—obviously…

…decide if you should subscribe.) And now to this morning’s report: Though it's likely there are lingering weather influences on this month's disappointing employment report, as there will be in coming months, it appears that the trend is also slowing. That conclusion is bolstered by the decline in our withholding…

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