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| Last Updated: Aug 15th, 2008 - 11:26:43 |
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13 June 2008
Thought for the Day
It would seem that all major political parties accept that the way to develop wealthier citizens who can afford to pay for "First World" treatment, education and everything else in general is to increase productivity. That is, to produce more of what our customers demand, more cheaply by better utilisation of resources - particularly capital.
In New Zealand we have been increasing the use of labour with more people working but we are not doing it any "smarter". We are not utilising our capital better. It seems we are raising capital using our houses as equity and then either buying flash gee-gaws or more houses - not investing in greater productivity. People are only following the incentives that they see and until our tax structure rewards increasing productivity rather than owning property we will continue with our decline.
Of course, we must also have a sound money base that isn't continually being debased by the government printing press.
Lord Rutherford said, when he was setting up his experiments, "We don't have much money, so we are going to have to think."
Now we have too much money of the borrowed (paper) kind - Isn't it about time we started thinking?
Jun 13, 2008, 12:23
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13 June 2008
What Are Just Prices?
The Greens and the Socialists demand "social justice". I have never found out exactly what this is. However I suspect that it means taking from the worker and giving to the shirker.
One of the basic things to define clearly when talking about economics is price. This article gives a clear and interesting discussion on prices in the REAL world and whether they serve justice.
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Jun 13, 2008, 11:00
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13 June 2008
War and Inflation
Can we stop the USA from going to war around the world? Can we restrain Leviathon?
Yes.
This essay is the most important and interesting I have found in the past five years. Read on:
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Jun 13, 2008, 10:50
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13 June 2008
The Weak-Dollar Threat to World Order
Another mainstream writer notices that gold is crucial to international monetary reform.
Jun 12, 2008, 12:32
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13 June 2008
A Credibility Test
Inflation provokes a row between Hungary's government and its central bank.
All the world's nations have a money problem - governments are printing too much of it. Eventually this "free" money must be paid back - perhaps by our grandchildren - but in the meantime it causes continual inflation.
Reading this article about Hungary reminds me of home!
Jun 12, 2008, 10:38
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13 June 2008
The Cause That Won't Go Away
"People have lots of questions about how to restore gold as money. These are all fascinating, but my whole experience here tells me that the resistance to radical reform has nothing to do with such technical details. People suspect that the gold standard would disempower the nation-state as we know it, including its ability to wage endless wars. To me this is the strongest case for reform. If we want freedom and peace, the gold standard is the topic that cannot and will not die."
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