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Tag: Milton Friedman

Posted inOpinion

Politicians refuse to face reality on causes of inflation

by Tom J Velk April 12, 2022April 12, 2022

A general, worldwide increase in all prices is inflation. Inflation is distinguished from hikes and spikes in individual relative prices, such as a leap in the price of gasoline relative to the price (for example) of bread, where the price of a gallon of fuel rises from three loaves of bread to five loaves of […]

Posted inOpinion

Is current world inflation incurable?

by Tom J Velk February 23, 2022February 23, 2022
Posted inObituary

Robert Mundell, architect of Reaganomics, is dead

by David P. Goldman April 6, 2021April 10, 2021
A model poses beside a Toyota Camry Hybrid during the Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok. Photo: Reuters
Posted inEuropean Union, Germany, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

The unhappy history of shareholder capitalism

by Marshall Auerback December 19, 2018
Members of Japan's "Virtual Currency Girls" pop group, perform in cryptocurrency-themed masks in Tokyo, on January 12. Photo: Reuters / Kim Kyung-Hoon
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Inside Asia’s love-hate relationship with virtual currencies

by Wiliam Pesek February 5, 2018February 18, 2020
The causes of the Great Recession are rarely debated. Illustration: iStock
Posted inWorld

How economics survived the economic crisis 

by Robert Skidelsky January 28, 2018
Rai stone currency on the island of Yap, Micronesia. Photo: iStock
Posted inWorld

From stones to bitcoins: society’s monetary yardsticks

by Reuven Brenner November 7, 2017November 7, 2017
Representational image: Flickr Commons
Posted inEuropean Union, Germany, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Climate change: Why don’t cooler heads prevail?

by Yongfu Huang October 15, 2017October 15, 2017
Representational image: iStock
Posted inChina, European Union, Germany, World

Wither globalization?

by Yongfu Huang July 16, 2017July 16, 2017
Southern Kowloon and Victoria, Hong Kong, 2014 (Source: Wikipedia)
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, United Kingdom, World

How UK’s Spectator and Milton Friedman misconstrue Hong Kong

by Kenny Hodgart October 10, 2016February 18, 2020

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