Archive for the tag 'deflation'

The Great Credit Contraction The Great Credit Contraction is a book by Trace Mayer, J.D. which covers the credit contraction of our times, in the face of quantitative easing and ongoing efforts to reflate. This book gets straight to the point, which can be a little intimidating at first glance. The book deals with the [...]

21 Comments Kevin on Dec 2nd 2010

I suppose that everyone has already heard of Google’s automated cars that can drive themselves, with minimal human intervention? It might already be old news, but I find this very, very cool. I am amazed every time I sit in a car that I am basically in command of a dangerous 4000 pound piece of [...]

32 Comments Kevin on Nov 21st 2010

The following is a guest post by Trace Mayer, J.D. an entrepreneur, investor, journalist and monetary scientist with degrees in accounting and law who understands economics and can help you understand monetary science and economic law at Run To Gold and how to control your personal privacy at How To Vanish. A couple days ago Kevin [...]

31 Comments Guest on Nov 17th 2010

The video originally comes from the Mises University, and I last saw it at The Daily Capitalist. You can read an article by Frédéric Bastiat on the broken window fallacy at the Mises Economics Blog. “Claude Frédéric Bastiat was a French economist, legislator, and writer who championed private property, free markets, and limited government.”[1]

8 Comments Kevin on Aug 11th 2010

Invest It Wisely is featured this week! I would like to give a big thank you to Larry MacDonald for featuring Invest It Wisely in the “Me and My Money” section of the Globe & Mail. Thanks for giving me the opportunity and for doing a great job with the interview! For those of you [...]

9 Comments Kevin on Aug 8th 2010

Happy Canada Day weekend! In today’s weekend reading, I highlight posts that focus on the economy and investing, with a couple extra posts thrown in for good measure! Here it is:

6 Comments Kevin on Jul 3rd 2010

What is fear? Why do we experience fear, and how does it affect us? Well, fear is quite simply one of the most basic and primal emotions that we are capable of experiencing. Most animals share this emotion with us, from mice to men. Fear is the drive that takes us away from danger, and [...]

23 Comments Kevin on Jun 30th 2010