The tricky task Jerome Powell has: taming inflation in the midst of a record deficit. Good morning I’m Austerity Jones and I am here with C Thomas Printer. C Thomas, what do you have for us today? C Thomas: Good morning Austerity. One of my favorite stories is the following. Warren Buffet asks a group of …
Bygone Relics
Good Morning, I’m Austerity Jones, and this week C Thomas Printer has again zagged when I expected him to zig. C Thomas, what is this game of which you speak? C Thomas: Good Morning, Austerity. We are releasing this a day early because every December I like to check out the traditional Army/Navy football game …
The transition from the gold standard to the petrodollar. Thank you, US military. Good morning I’m Austerity Jones and I’m here with C Thomas Printer to discuss the transition of America from the gold standard to the petrodollar. C Thomas: Good morning Austerity. We have already looked at how most countries go off the gold …
Argentina, the land stretching down the east side of South America and conjuring images of cosmopolitan cities, grass fed beef, Malbecs, the flat Pampas, and the mountainous Andes. It is a country full of abundant resources yet for the last century Argentina has been an interesting case economically because it could be argued that they …
We continue our discussion on the US Dollar’s future as the reserve currency. On this episode we mention world’s previous reserve currencies, how they started and ended. We then once again talk about the decision to stop the US Dollar being backed by the gold. Good Morning, I’m Austerity Jones and I am back with …
We remember executive orders and government acts that demolished gold from being the backbone of the US currency. The question we now have is what if BRICS countries decide to turn back to gold, what happens? Good morning I’m Austerity Jones and I am here with C Thomas Printer who is ready to talk about …
Argentina, the land stretching down the east side of South America and conjuring images of cosmopolitan cities, grass fed beef, Malbecs, the flat Pampas, and the mountainous Andes. It is a country full of abundant resources yet for the last century Argentina has been an interesting case economically because it could be argued that they …
Just as the earth needs rain, we need contraction periods in economy. We explain why. Good morning! I’m Austerity Jones, and I am here with C Thomas Printer and he is going to channel his inner Lance Armstrong today. C Thomas: Good morning Austerity. I’m going to do what? Lance Armstrong? Austerity: You said you …
Argentina, the land stretching down the east side of South America and conjuring images of cosmopolitan cities, grass fed beef, Malbecs, the flat Pampas, and the mountainous Andes. It is a country full of abundant resources yet for the last century Argentina has been an interesting case economically because it could be argued that they …
Last Sunday, Ross Chastain, needing to pass two cars to race his way into the championship, tried something never seen outside of a video game: he slammed his car into the wall, then used the curve of the wall to increase his velocity and slingshot him into the championship. And our C Thomas has discovered …