It should be obvious to all that we can't get out from under our mountain of debt through spending.
Marshall Auerback | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics
Is a Democratic administration and a Democratically controlled Congress presiding over one of the most regressive wealth transfers in history?
Dan Dorfman | Posted 07.26.2009 | New York
Is the cost of living in New York City really falling?
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve sought Wednesday to defuse fears that the trillions it's spending to revive the economy could spark inflation l...
Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 07.18.2009 | World
Thanks to these demonstrations, Mousavi is now firmly coming into his own as the leader of the opposition, and unless Ayotollah Khamenei acts fast, Ahmadinejad won't be the only one who has to step aside.
Ellen Brown | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business
The true path to economic recovery is to reclaim money and credit as public resources. Money needs to be transformed from private master to public servant.
Ellen Brown | Posted 07.14.2009 | Business
To put or new car company to good use, we just need to own a bank.
Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business
Laffer's contention is not based in any current fact. Instead, it's based in his desire to get Republicans elected.
Henry Blodget | Posted 07.11.2009 | Business
Arthur Laffer joins the chorus of economists predicting that the Fed's massive stimulus will eventually lead to hyper-inflation. And I agree.
Dan Dorfman | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business
The precious metal, many gold traders gripe, is not getting the respect it deserves. A surge to new highs is just around the corner.
Jill Schlesinger | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business
The so-called "rich" can't be taxed enough to mitigate the coming wave of inflation, nor will increasing taxes on them pay for everything that's currently on the table
John Wagner Givens | Posted 07.05.2009 | World
The fact that Tiananmen has yet to have a sequel can be explained largely by the economic success of the regime since 1989.
Brett Neely | Posted 07.04.2009 | World
With a tough re-election campaign coming up, Merkel has decided that bashing the ECB could offer a political advantage ahead of European Parliament elections this weekend
Sheldon Filger | Posted 07.01.2009 | Business
I never thought I would witness the day when Paul Krugman and Dick Cheney agree on economic policy.
Eric C. Anderson | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
Over the last year Iceland, Ireland, and Spain have been confronted with diminished credit ratings. Could the same thing happen to the United States?
Jim Jaffe | Posted 06.25.2009 | Media
At the rate we're going, the Times subscription rates will cross into the magic four-digit range before Obama exits the White House.
Sheldon Filger | Posted 06.25.2009 | Business
Quantitative easing and multi-trillion dollar deficits are the two core ingredients of an explosive fiscal cocktail that will ultimately lead to hyperinflation.
Carlos Watson | Posted 06.22.2009 | Business
There's good news and bad news: your chances of being employed just went up, but the paycheck you'll start earning could be worth less.
Kevin Phillips | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business
Both Americans and foreigners concerned about the incendiary potential of inflation and the devaluation of the dollar have good historical reason for concern.
Ian Welsh | Posted 06.06.2009 | Business
It's not clear to me that inflation targeting is necessarily a bad policy. It seems more likely that it might have been a good policy, implemented in a very bad way.
Michael Pento | Posted 05.29.2009 | Home
In the longer term, the risk of the U.S. suffering through a bout with hyperinflation is very real. However, in the short term what we most likely fac...
Alan Schram | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business
Debasing the currency is the best way to destroy a capitalist system. Unfortunately, the US has plenty of incentive to debase its currency and pay off the debts in cheaper dollars.
Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.20.2009 | Business
Many on Wall Street have basically been pitching happy economic talk since early last year. Well, we're in early 2009 and now the bullish brigade is signaling yet another extension.
Henry Blodget | Posted 05.16.2009 | Business
Ben Bernanke assured us that the Fed's money-printing won't eventually lead to inflation because when the economy begins to recover, the Fed will stop printing money. Ben is unlikely to keep this promise.
Reuters | Ros Krasny | Posted 05.10.2009 | Business
The United States economy will skid more deeply into recession in coming months, Federal Reserve policy-makers warned on Thursday, but it is time to s...
Alan Schram | Posted 07.30.2009 | Business