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1933 Inflation/Deflation Movie
The Big Picture —
This film attempts to explain what a “wonderful” thing inflation is. It is the predecessor to the printing press/helicopter strategy.
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Keynesian Propaganda from 1933
Club for Growth —
Via Aric Nesbitt. Note how the banker is called a "villain."
Inflation explained
The Mess That Greenspan Made —
While waiting for the new inflation initiatives to be announced by the Federal Reserve in about an hour, via 24hGold comes the following Depression-era explanation of why inflation is our only hope in the current crisis. ...
Inflation = Prosperity
Mises Economics Blog —
Hillarious and horrific propaganda from FDR's Hollywood.
ProphetCharts, Circa 1933
Slope Of Hope with Tim Knight —
Letter From London . . .
Silicon Valley Watcher - conversations and observations at the intersection of technology and media —
After a whirlwind trip to New York and a visit with the Wall Street Journal I popped back to San Francisco for a couple of days before heading back out again to London.
Party season . . .
I came back so I could catch a couple of key events such as Vivek Ranadive's Christmas party at his newly built Atherton home. This is a phenomenal bachelor mansion for the CEO of Tibco, and it took about four years to build. I had fun checking it out its vastness in the company of Forbes reporter Kym McNicholas [Please see Kym's excellent "How to Obamafy your business."] It was also great to see reporter Carolyne ...
If You're Checking in During the Holidays...
MV=PQ: A Resource for Economic Educators —
Here's a great piece of newsreel film from the 1930s (HT to Mark at Northwestern). As was pointed out to me, it's very Keynesian for a work that seems to predate The General Theory by three years.
The quick message? Inflation is our friend.
Have a happy holiday.
Midst of the Flood
GoldSeek.com —
-- Posted Sunday, 18 January 2009 | Digg This Article Digg It! | Source: GoldSeek.com As I crank up Dylans great album Before the Flood disc two, the bank bailouts have once again been pushed to the forefront this past week like the second round of the flood which in many cases is more devastating than the first. After huge losses were reported by a few banks and talk of government funding, markets rallied taking the bad news as good but still could not muster a positive week from the news. It was another losing week across the board as more troubles surfaced and the realization that this systemic crisis is real and goes much deeper than most ...
Vintage pro-inflation propaganda
Econ Video —
Further reading
FT Alphaville —
Elsewhere on Tuesday, - The problem with ETFs . - Why ETF providers are not your friends. - The constant compound interest problem: parts one , two and three . - California’s unending housing problem. - “The oil-dollar relationship is a self-fulfilling prophecy.” - Revisiting the vix . - Largest bankruptcies ever, illustrated . - A vintage pro-inflation propaganda film . - “Wasn’t that Paul Krugman ?” - Six Flags: quite a peculiar bankruptcy. - On the issue of credit card charge-offs . - Further, further reading.
