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Why should you care about what others are betting in the markets?

Are markets valid? Lately I have been questioning the validity of markets, specifically whether markets are the result of organic interactions between humans or whether markets are State-constructed funnels for moving portions of monetary energy from consumers to the government via taxes. I have to be mindful that markets are not some linear, mechanical construct … Continue reading Why should you care about what others are betting in the markets?

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Just a thought: The State’s ability to expand depends on markets.

Markets are tied to the concept of freedom, particularly the freedom to enter into negotiations and agree on the price of exchange. But I see markets as more than just a mechanism for moving goods and services. Markets, for political economy purposes, serve as nodes the State uses to extract energy in the form of taxes for the government. Continue reading Just a thought: The State’s ability to expand depends on markets.

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Interbank Market News Scan: The real free market is the one between commodities owners, merchants, and traders.

You would swear that America has a labor centric economic policy especially when jobs day comes around. The labor centric sentiment is fleeting. The inordinate amount of attention that is given to the Federal Reserve and monetary policy tells me its more about the financial markets and a lot less about the labor markets. Continue reading Interbank Market News Scan: The real free market is the one between commodities owners, merchants, and traders.