HeyJaredPatrick Barron
Current financial, economic, and geopolitical events interpreted by an Austrian School economist.
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We Have Met the Enemy… (opens the original)
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The above is the first half of a famous cartoon quote from the early 1950’s which was reborn, so to speak, on Earth Day 1970. At the end of this short article I will give you the rest of the quote. I thought of this quote when a friend asked me to comment on widespread claims from his friends that Russia, China, and the rest of the BRICS+ nations are conspiring to destroy the dollar as part of a coordinated attack upon the West’s monetary system. He asked if I agreed with the sentiment. My quick
Confidence Is Essential for a Fiat Currency (opens the original)
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Since fiat currencies, per se, are not redeemable for anything other than themselves, their very existence depends upon confidence. The issuing authority must not inflate the currency’s size to the point that it begins to lose purchasing power in the market at an abnormal rate. As long as the public is willing to hold the currency, its purchasing power need not depreciate at a noticeable rate. But once the public reaches its limit as to how much currency it deems necessary to hold for daily tran
What It Means to Be an American (opens the original)
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We often hear that Americans are special. We may even say that ourselves. But what does that mean? Does it mean that we have the world’s largest economy? Does it mean that we have a very powerful military? Does it mean that our dollar is the world’s premier reserve currency? Do we even know what that is? I doubt that one person in a hundred can tell you.Being born in America does not make us special. I imagine that most people are proud of their countries and feel special in some way. But that i
What Is Inflation? (opens the original)
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“Inflation” is an increase in the money supply. Higher overall prices are the result of an increase in the money supply. To say that higher prices cause inflation is akin to saying that “higher prices cause higher prices”.We have before us an excellent example that higher oil prices do not cause inflation. But a disruption of supply of an essential commodity, like oil, will causes a recession. It is estimated that twenty percent of crude oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab-el-Man
Britain 1940 and Iran 2026 (opens the original)
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It struck me that there are several similarities between Britain’s noble stand against Nazi Germany in 1940 and Iran’s stand against the US/Israel this year.The Battle for Britain 1940Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<input class="button primary
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