“It’s just part of the business cycle” has become a typical response to financial crises, stock market crashes, and recessions. However, it’s never just part of the free market when real people who lose their jobs, homes, and futures feel the repercussions of monetary policy, speculation, and bubbles. This article will use historical events as […]
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This article examines the Cantillon Effect’s relevance in the current economic environment. The Cantillon Effect is a monetary phenomenon where the initial recipients of new money see a disproportionate benefit while the latter face a diminished effect. This article will provide an in-depth analysis of the Cantillon Effect and its implications for the global economy,
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Paul Tudor Jones became famous after appearing in the PBS documentary The Trader in 1987 where he anticipated a stock market crash. He used stock index futures to triple his capital under management during the Black Monday crash in 1987 with large short positions while most other traders were ruined or suffered huge losses. His
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Oil supply and demand Even though the United States is the world’s biggest producer of oil it still uses more than it makes requiring imports of oil. The world currently uses approximately 100 million barrels of oil a day, the U.S. produces about $18.8 million barrels a day in 2022 up from 2021. However the
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With the globalization of world trade, national economies have never been more interrelated which means that when one country slows down it can have a ripple effect across the entire world. Below are the world’s top export countries that shipped the highest dollar value in exports during 2021 and the growth over 2020. 1. China
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In economics, stagflation also known as recession-inflation is a situation in which both the inflation rate is high while the economic growth rate slows at the same time the unemployment remains high over time. It creates a problem for monetary and economic policy makers because actions taken that are intended to lower inflation may make
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A Cantillon effect is a change in prices related to one another that was caused due to a change in the money supply, first discovered by Richard Cantillon an 18th-century economist. History shows that some assets are favored over other ones when extra money is available in the economy for spending and investing. These preferences
Here are 50 of the best economics books every published based on the list in 50 Economics Classics: Your shortcut to the most important ideas on capitalism, finance, and the global economy by Tom Butler-Bowdon. Milton Friedman: Capitalism and Freedom Friedrich Hayek: The Use of Knowledge in Society Deirdre McCloskey: Bourgeois Equality Karl Marx: Capital Ludwig
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Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912-November 16, 2006) was a famous economist and statistician who was awarded the 1976 Nobel Prize in Economics for his research and work on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory along with the complexity of stabilization policy. Friedman was one of the intellectual leaders of the Chicago school of economics, associated
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Since we all have limited time, energy and resources every decision we make comes with a trade off. Even procrastinating, making no decision and doing nothing is a trade off versus potential action and opportunities. Making any choice changes the course of our life and collapses potential paths to your future. At any one time
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