Economic Analysis
Economic and financial commentary by Truman Factor’s staff and contributing analysts.
The Bilderberg conspiracy unmasked
The reason that there is no vast conspiracy is because "They" don’t need one.…
EU: Politics Financialized, Economies Privatized
"Saving the euro" is a euphemism for governments saving the financial class – and with it a debt dynamic that is nearing its end regardless of what they do.…
How financial oligarchy replaces democracy
The Greeks gathering in Syntagma Square seem to need no culture shock to reject their Socialist government's cave-in to European bankers. It looks like they may follow Iceland in leading the ideological pendulum back toward a classical awareness that in practice, this rhetoric turns out to be a junk economics favorable to banks and global creditors.…
Slow pace of bank failures holding back recovery
While I am not an advocate of more government intervention, quicker FDIC action and a similar RTC solution would go a long way to speeding up a recovery.…
After the dollar: what comes next?
I'm seeing signs that the world is moving back to gold at a breakneck speed.…
Poor People Control 61 percent of World’s Wealth
History has shown that the freer the economy, the more widely wealth is distributed.…
Bernanke Will Be Forced To Do QE3
I don’t believe the Fed will play "chicken" during an election year, and when things turn ugly they will announce QE3 and that will kick the can down the inflationary road.…
Who Owns Our Sovereign Debt?
The real significance of having 47% of buyers from foreign countries buying U.S. debt is that they may require better returns which makes it more difficult to sell U.S. debt.…
The “New” Wall Street Risk Management Strategy
The more things change, the more they remain the same. And that means they will do the same things all over again.…
Case And Shiller On Housing
All attempts by the government to forestall this decline have failed, and prices continue to slide.…
