Mike Norman Economics

Read the comments, too. Just like most economists, Bitcoin fans overlooked transaction costs.Wolf StreetBitcoin Proves You Cannot Have Your Digital Cake and Eat it Too Nathan McDonald, Sprott Moneyalso The EU is targeting bitcoin anonymity, saying the measure is needed to tackle tax evasion and other crimes. Anonymity of the cryptocurrency holders is a built-in feature that the EU hopes to undermine.The new rules concerning cryptocurrency passed on Friday by the European Parliament and the...

More important than ever to support independent media in the face of corporate media as establishment mouthpiece and echo chamber.Consortium NewsA Report to Our Readers Robert ParrySee also Bowing to Israeli-Saudi desires, the Trump administration is abusing the U.S. intelligence process to whip up a war fever against Iran, much like George W. Bush did on Iraq, reports ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.… Officials of the United States — the world’s leading exporter of arms — ought to be...

Russian economy on track in spite of sanctions.Fort Russ[Central] Banker:Russian inflation will be about 3% in early 2018 - economy continues to grow despite US sanctionsPaul Antonopoulos

Land of the free and home of the brave, or police state?Only the judiciary stands between the government and the people in a constitutional oligarchy republic. Subversion of the judiciary is a high priority of the establishment in maintaining and extending control.FAIRJudge Tells Jury: Informing Public May Be Criminal Conspiracy Jim Naureckas

As ever, it has been much harder to select one book from my longlist than it was to narrow it down to those ten. After mulling it over for a few days, I can announce today that the winner is Jean Tirole’s Economics for the Common Good. My review of it is here. It has been widely reviewed elsewhere – here is The Economist and the FT and Breaking Views. The Enlightened EconomistWinner of the 2017 Enlightened Economist PrizeDiane Coyle | freelance economist and a former advisor to the UK...

MMT.QuartzDoes the Republican tax cut mean deficits don’t matter?Tim Fernholz

Britain "running out of money." ?Zero HedgeBank Of England Warns Of "Economic Collapse" If UK Keeps Borrowing Money Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com

The President’s news conference was broadcast live by Rossiya 1, Rossiya 24 and Channel One, as well as Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio Rossii radio stations. The President of Russia (official English translation)Vladimir Putin’s annual news conferenceDecember 14, 2017,  Moscow

History lesson. Trading one dogmatism for another?Michael Roberts BlogThe economics of Luther or Munzer?Michael Roberts

Nehlen (Ayn Rand fan-boy Ryan's nemesis and btw increasingly cozy with alt-right) makes an interesting observation: We never hear about welfare or food stamps running out of money, but we're constantly told about Social Security running out of money. Funny how that works. — Paul Nehlen (@pnehlen) December 15, 2017 Picked up by alt-right on cue: Also never run out of money for wars. https://t.co/hnAT8zRAFX— RAMZPAUL (@ramzpaul) December 15, 2017 They (alt-right) all are recovering...