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Departing Science, Inflation Evidence

By |2014-03-18T16:34:36-04:00March 18th, 2014|Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

In the Spring of 1991, Lee Hoskins, then the President of the Cleveland Fed, penned an article that defended his view of inflation against what he considered the mainstream critiques of that position. President Hoskins favored zero inflation, a thought long since banished from anything in the orthodox literature. He even went so far as to argue that zero inflation [...]

When Did Weather Begin?

By |2014-02-07T12:48:36-05:00February 7th, 2014|Economy, Markets|

It seems like January has been associated with adverse weather for as long as January has existed. I think even the simple folk that lived in more agrarian times were aware that winter tended to be very evident in January, and could vary in intensity from year to year. Jean-Paul Sartre realized the impact of January weather when he said, [...]

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