The Weekly Sage hopes to regularly bring brief profiles of key contributors to thought and faith before a Christian audience for historical education and awareness of valuable resources. Sometimes history brings together a special combination of resources and people that form a center of intellectual influence. The Weekly Sage will occasionally consider such “Schools” […]
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Weekly Sage #11: Jacob Viner – Chicago School
18 Jan 2019
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Weekly Sage #4: Wilhelm Ropke
16 Nov 2018
The Weekly Sage hopes to regularly bring brief profiles of key contributors to thought and faith before a Christian audience for historical education and awareness of valuable resources. Wilhelm Ropke – “Economic integration – a network consisting of the division of labor, the mutual exchange of products and the specialization of production, coupled with the […]
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Trump enemy #1: The Fed?
22 Oct 2018
“I think the Fed is making a mistake. They are so tight. I think the Fed has gone crazy,” the president said after walking off Air Force One in Erie, Pennsylvania for a rally. Mr. Trump called the Federal Reserve his biggest threat last week, as the Fed continues its path toward interest rate normalization. […]
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Mr. Trump’s Monetary Machinations
23 Jul 2018
Mr. Trump extended his economic mischief this past week by opining that the Federal Reserve should slow down the rate hikes, as these hikes are leading to a stronger dollar (true) and hurting the U.S. (false). Now Mr. Trump is just doing what politicians of all stripes (especially politicians that follow Keynesian economics) have often […]
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We haven’t really touched on the economy in a while, so I’ll briefly hit some of the latest news and invite your discussion in the comments. First up is the state of the markets. Many Berean readers know that I’m suspicious of the markets, and have been for years, since valuations by most conventional measures […]
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Mr. Trump blames bad trade deals as helping the Chinese profit at the U.S.’s expense. Undoubtedly we could have better trade deals, if we made them one-page long rather than the monstrosities that Washington normally cooks up. Nevertheless, I remain convinced that on balance free trade agreements are beneficial, leading to higher standards of living […]
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Stock markets hit record highs this week, and yet most people aren’t excited about it. Google “the most hated bull market in history” and you’ll find many reasons for pessimism–we just don’t trust this market. In normal times, this would indicate we are still healthy, as legendary investor Sir John Templeton once said: “Bull markets […]
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Yesterday the Heritage Foundation released the 2016 Index of Economic Freedom. This annual publication is produced by the Heritage Foundation in conjunction with the Wall Street Journal. In addition to the 2016 Index the foundation also published Economic Freedom in America, a supplement outlining trends in economic freedom in the United States. Figure 1 illustrates the overall composite […]
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This blog is not investment advice. Mainly because yours truly has no clue what to tell you to do, although some foolishly ask him, demanding SPECIFICS. As if without a specific prediction you have nothing worthwhile to say. It is absolutely true that I might have nothing worthwhile to say–but not because I fail to […]
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It always amazes me that most people think that the effect of central bankers on the global economy is small. Its not just our resident critic here @ BATG. I went to a conference last year where a very conservative Christian financial advisor told me that the stock market was basically just about the great […]
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