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Macroeconomics – A Dark Crossroads
As an engineering student in the mid-1980s, I was required to take at least one social science type elective course. My Professors argued that I should take an economics course as every engineering student needed to have a basic understanding of the social science called economics. I followed this sage advice and I must admit I thoroughly enjoyed the macroeconomcs portion of the course by far the most. Later in the 1990’s when I took my MBA degree I again found myself enjoying macroeconomics as the course material steered me deeper into the thinking of people like Keynes and Milton…
5Aug2009 | Guest Contributor | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Friedman Effect: Is Another Bear Market Around the Corner?
In 1961, the great free-market economist Milton Friedman wrote a paper called “The Lag in Effect of Monetary Policy,” wherein he discovered a six- to nine-month delay in how long it would take for a change in monetary policy to be felt in the economy and the stock market.
Since then, it has been known as “The Friedman Effect.”
It’s important to understand the Friedman Effect because it can have dramatic impact on your investment decisions and your portfolio…
Milton Friedman & The Friedman Effect
Basically, Milton Friedman found that if the Fed switched from tight money to easy money, or vice versa, it…
24Jun2009 | Investment U | 0 comments | ContinuedMilton Friedman on inflation
“Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon” to paraphrase Milton Friedman. The government can and will print enough money to instigate an inflation.
John Polomny
The Real Deal
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