John Maynard Keynes 1883-1946 John Maynard Keynes was a British economist who revolutionized economic thought, which is widely known as “Keynesianism.” The son of a Cambridge don, Keynes was educated at Eton and Cambridge, where his degree was in mathematics. John Maynard Keynes was educated at King’s College, Cambridge, from 1902–1906 and DID NOT have a […]

Behind the scenes there has been scrambling as Southern Europe moves closer and closer to outright collapse. I warned previously that our contacts high up in the German government made it clear more than one year ago that if the choice comes down to abandoning the Euro or Austerity, the Euro will win. Letting the […]

QUESTION: Interested in your comments regarding real estate and capital flows. I live in manila Philippines and the price of property in the financial district makati is quite mind boggling. For a third world country prices for a 2 bedroom condo can be close to 300k usd and for a 3 bedroom edging on close to […]

Everyone knew that the real agenda from the outset was to federalize Europe. The problem has been how to deny that so they did not require a democratic vote from the people. What is taking place now is the attempt to seize control of the rule of law in all member states. This way no […]

Three regional Federal Reserve officials have called on the central bank to stop buying mortgage-backed bonds, citing the recent improvement in the U.S. housing market. Indeed, the US economy has improved and the rise in the stock market has the talking head talking to themselves in disbelief. The 800 pound monkey remains the German elections […]

There really is no other word for politicians but brain-dead. They cannot understand that what they are doing is the destruction of the economy. They created the bank instability by failing to create a national debt for reserves. Then the banks have to keep sovereign debt as reserves of all members and then they default. […]

Investment inside Europe has been shifting in very interesting ways. The pension funds have shifted their sovereign debt holdings to predominantly Germany, which now makes up about 71% of government debt holdings. We are also seeing a shift to private assets and as we illustrated at the Berlin conference, private assets in Greece looked like […]

The biggest fund in the world was the Japanese Postal Savings Fund in 1989. When we were called in to create a hedging program about 6 months before the high, it was Japanese Ministry of Finance who picked up the phone and asked that they did not do that for if they sold, they would […]

QUESTION: In your most recent post you mention dollar demand off setting Fed Printing. But fairly often we hear about new international trade agreements that have excluded the dollar. How does this figure into the equation of dollar demand? ANSWER: Trade agreements are actually irrelevant. That is separate and distinct from reserves and the huge amount of dollar […]

Maastricht Treaty – Time Table    EMU Timetable 1997 January 1 Preparation of legal framework for European Central Bank, European System of Central Banks and the Euro Dutch assume EU presidency April Probable UK General Election Jul 1 Luxembourg’s presidency begins December Latest possible date for Irish General Election Year End Decision on EMU Start […]