Author Archives: radiofreemarket

Re:  EU official assures the IMF that it will continue to support Greece There was never any question that Greece would not get all the money that it wants from the EU and then even more from the IMF.  After … Continue reading →

Re: Boston Fed as Community Organizer Dear Sirs: This PR campaign by the Boston Fed is not authorized by its mandate.  More importantly, the Fed has no idea what businesses to support.  This is the role of the entrepreneur, who … Continue reading →

Re: Euro Zone Must Defeat the Deflation Ogre, by Simon Nixon Dear Sirs: Simon Nixon does an admirable job of showing that “cronyism, corruption, and vested interests” are a greater threat to the Euro Zone nations that the so-called (by … Continue reading →

Re: Ford threatens to leave Britain if Britain leaves the EU Would Steve Odell change his mind if, at the same time that Britain left the EU, it adopted unilateral free trade?  I don’t see why he would not (change … Continue reading →

From today’s Open Europe news summary: In a new report released today Business for Britain calls for UK firms which do not export to the EU to be exempt from EU regulation as part of a renegotiation over the UK’s … Continue reading →

Re: Renewable energy fiasco in Germany Here are the basics of electricity generation–it must provide either base power or on-demand power, and it cannot be stored.  Base power today is provided mostly by nuclear and coal plants and some hydroelectric.  … Continue reading →

Re: Jim Rickards predicts the price of gold In this four minute interview Jim Rickards predicts that the price of gold will go to “$7,000 or $9,000 or even higher”.  (The price becomes infinite if all confidence is lost in … Continue reading →

Re: Good Times Ahead, by Mark Zandi Dear Sirs: According to Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics, the only possible bump in the inevitable road to economic recovery in 2014 is another threatened government shutdown.  Mr. Zandi, like all … Continue reading →