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A Checklist For Spotting Bubble Tops (Repost)

January 5, 2021 Contrahour

A lot of the kids (well…one) have come up to me in 2021 and asked: “Uncle Contra, Uncle Contra…how will…

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Posted in: Sentiment, The Markets

Everything You Know About Economics Is Wrong: How Soros Broke The Bank Of England

August 7, 2019 Contrahour 1 Comment

Everyone knows George Soros as the man who “broke the Bank of England.”  But nobody has ever explained why his…

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Posted in: Economics, Everything You Know About Money Is Wrong, Uncategorized

Everything You Know About Economics Is Wrong: How A Country Turns Itself Into A State

July 29, 2019 Contrahour

“You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline – it helps if you some…

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Posted in: Economics, Everything You Know About Money Is Wrong

Everything You Know About Economics Is Wrong: The US Won’t Turn Into The Weimar Republic

April 8, 2019 Contrahour 1 Comment

When you say the “government prints money,” the first image that pops into people’s heads is the Weimar Republic. There’s…

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Posted in: Economics, Everything You Know About Money Is Wrong

Everything You Know About Economics Is Wrong: The Recipe For Inflation

March 17, 2019 Contrahour 1 Comment

Truth is borne from extremes. Nothing is more extreme than depression or war.  This is how, in the aftermath of…

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Posted in: Economics, Everything You Know About Money Is Wrong

Japan Reveals Everything You Know About Economics Is Wrong

March 2, 2019 Contrahour

Japan is a real-world example that shows traditional macroeconomic theory is wrong. Every myth that you have heard about government…

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Posted in: Economics, Everything You Know About Money Is Wrong

Everything You Know About Economics Is Wrong: China Doesn’t Own The United States

March 1, 2019 Contrahour 2 Comments

Most people assume China “owns” the US because it holds so many of our Treasury securities.  Both China and Japan…

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Posted in: Economics, Everything You Know About Money Is Wrong

Everything You Know About Economics Is Wrong: Why Does The Government Issue Treasury Securities?

February 28, 2019 Contrahour 3 Comments

The government always prints money.  That’s why there’s a printing press in Washington DC.  That’s how you get the currency…

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Posted in: Economics, Everything You Know About Money Is Wrong

Everything You Know About Economics Is Wrong: If The Government Can Print Money, Why Do We Pay Taxes?

February 25, 2019 Contrahour 7 Comments

Why does the piece of paper in your wallet marked “One Dollar” have value? Is it because the military tells…

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Posted in: Economics, Everything You Know About Money Is Wrong

Everything You Know About Economics Is Wrong: The United States Has A Very Efficient Monetary System

Contrahour 3 Comments

The United States Federal Government prints money because that’s how our monetary system is designed.   Could we use a different…

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