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John Tamny
John Tamny is editor of RealClearMarkets, a senior economic adviser to H.C. Wainwright Economics, and a senior economic adviser to Toreador Research and Trading (www.trtadvisors.com). He can be reached at jtamny@realclearmarkets.com.
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Recent Articles
- Fed Funds, Inflation & Crime - May 6, 2008
- Put simply, government can take from us in two ways: first by taxing our income, and second through the debasement of the money we earn. While marginal tax rates fell...
- Greenspan and His Critics Misread Housing - May 2, 2008
- Greenspan’s critics conclude to varying degrees that his decision to reduce the Fed funds target to 1 percent, in 2003, where it remained for a year, was the cause of...
- The Food-Shortage Myth - April 24, 2008
- Though the oil “shocks” that followed are to this day described in establishment economic quarters as a function of OPEC’s largely symbolic "embargo," the real...
- Analysis of John McCain's Economic Plan - April 22, 2008
- In McCain’s defense, it’s certainly true that heavy spending is an economic retardant. This is so for government taking earned income that could be saved and...
- Repeal Housing's Mortgage-Interest Deduction - April 18, 2008
- The mortgage-interest deduction harms our economy in many ways. For one, it constitutes relief for one segment of society at the expense of those who choose not to own...
- Who Has McCain's Economic Ear? - April 10, 2008
- Commenting on executive compensation to Reuter’s on Monday, Holtz-Eakin declaimed that, "Job No. 1 of the president is to use the bully pulpit to shine a light on...
- Falling Prices Offer Big Opportunity - April 8, 2008
- Undrafted out of high school and cut from the 1988 U.S. Olympic baseball team, future Hall of Fame baseball player Frank Thomas ultimately got called up by the Chicago...
- Is the GOP Still the Party of Economic Growth? - April 3, 2008
- Upon reaching the Oval Office, the new president’s first economic program meant to reverse an economic slowdown was not marginal tax rate cuts, but $80 billion in tax...
- Lest We Forget, Capitalism Works - April 1, 2008
- To support the new regulatory mindset is to assume that economically-free countries, as opposed to those centrally planned, are frequently burdened with sclerotic growth...
- Poverty Is An Essential Market Signal - March 27, 2008
- All three candidates seem legitimately concerned about the poor, but is eradicating poverty in what is for the most part an economically free country a truly...
- Fallacies Abound Amidst Market Uncertainty - March 25, 2008
- Not mentioned was that any perceived trade gains achieved through a weak dollar would be wholly illusory given that increased nominal profits would be wiped out by the...
- The Incredible Shrinking Dollar - Pajamas Media - March 24, 2008
- Counterproductive Solutions to the Credit Crisis - March 18, 2008
- We saw this in the late ‘90s when the Fed’s failure to accommodate the capital gains cuts led to what many considered a deflationary dollar. As the dollar’s value...
- Cheap Labor is Very Expensive, Expensive Labor Very Cheap - March 14, 2008
- Indeed, if specific locales or regions were truly weakened by high levels of pay, Silicon Valley and New York City would be ghost towns. But as evidenced by the high...
- Falling Home Prices Equal Rising Prosperity - March 11, 2008
- Americans have suffered an impressive devaluation of the dollar since 2001; one that has succeeded in eroding the value of their savings and investments. To hedge...
- G. William Bernanke - March 5, 2008
- Ben Bernanke of course replaced Alan Greenspan at the Fed, and Greenspan cited Burns as one of his mentors in his autobiography, The Age of Turbulence. Like Burns,...
- Encroaching Government, Flagging Economy - February 29, 2008
- The above is interesting on two levels. First off, dollar mismanagement by our own federal minders was the likely miscreant when we consider investment distortions that...
- The Falling Dollar Through the Eyes of John Maynard Keynes - February 26, 2008
- Thanks to the Keynesian shape of the above policy, not to mention the failure of similar policies to resurrect post-World War II economies, the ideas of John Maynard...
- A Review of Don Boudreaux's Globalization - February 21, 2008
- The above helps the reader to understand the unimaginable poverty that would result from a life of economic isolation. Absent the cooperation he describes, rather than...
- Government Stats Hide Inflation Truth - February 12, 2008
- In England, even though the pound has risen 37 percent against the dollar since 2001, the latest government inflation figures from January show that producer prices rose...
- Dollar Weakness Begets World Inflation - February 7, 2008
- Looked at mechanically, some argue that “home bias” explains commodity currency strength. Though commodities are priced in dollars, when the dollar is weak...
- The Paul Volcker Myth - February 5, 2008
- Though Reagan spoke confidently of renewed economic optimism that would result from tax cuts, Volcker’s countenance was very dark, with frequent pronunciations about...
- Decoupling Myths Expose Trade Deficit Myths - January 31, 2008
- To the trade-deficit worriers in our midst, the individual freedom we’re all afforded to purchase what we want while ignoring country origin foretells a dark future...
- Ben Bernanke at Year Two - January 29, 2008
- Two years later stock markets and the economy are as mentioned uncertain, and contrary to assumptions from the past suggesting he was open to classical ideas, his public...
- Bill Gates's 'Kind' Capitalism is a Misnomer - January 25, 2008
- Instead, capitalism is better than kind for engendering a form of ruthless benevolence whereby capital is constantly being directed away from the businesses and...
- Washington Embraces Keynes, Investors Shrug - January 23, 2008
- To witness the policy crack-up in Washington without any historical perspective is to assume the last thirty years did not happen; thirty years in which Keynesianism was...
- Disagreeing with David Brooks on Taxes - January 18, 2008
- Owing to what Brooks considers a changing Republican electorate, policies must shift given his belief that, “The entrepreneur is no longer king.” Instead, with...
- Slowdown Won't Slay the Inflation Dragon - Inv. Bus. Daily - January 16, 2008
- Unwise Economic Pandering from the GOP - TCS Daily - January 15, 2008
- Let Markets Decide the Role of SWFs - January 11, 2008
- Beyond the perhaps understandable displeasure some have with government funds moving into private industry, the principle fear when it comes to Asian and Middle Eastern...
- Larry Summers' Stimulus Plan Won't Stimulate - January 9, 2008
- Some would point to a hidden economic benefit relating to the theft, in that the neighbor, $500 poorer, might purchase enhanced home security to avoid future break-ins. ...
- Misguided Recession Talk - National Review - January 8, 2008
- My Falling Trade Deficit with Safeway - December 19, 2007
- The problem here is that countries do not for the most part engage in trade. Individuals trade with other individuals, and once that reality is considered, the very...
- Respectfully Disagreeing with Jerry Bowyer - December 13, 2007
- For evidence of this, we can look to changes in the gold price itself in dollars, British pounds and euros since 2001. Many have suggested that Chinese and Indian...
- Citizens Beware: Paulson Is Here to Help - December 5, 2007
- Instead of letting markets tackle what remains a small problem, Paulson has carved out what he deems “an appropriate role for government” to bring the private sector...
- Free Trade and the Rattling of Alan Blinder - November 28, 2007
- Blinder argues that electronic innovations and the influx of Russians, Chinese and Indians into the worldwide labor force will lead to job destruction stateside, not to...
- Buffett's Estate-Tax Vision Isn't Charitable - November 19, 2007
- Notably, the benefits didn’t end there. When Page and Brin founded Google, Stanford’s flush endowment, one funded largely by donations from its graduates, stepped...
- Time to Talk Up the Dollar - National Review - November 13, 2007
- A Review of The Age of Turbulence - November 2, 2007
- Rand of course believed in the wisdom of the individual to act in his or her self-interest in ways that ultimately improved the lot of everyone, while Smith (in...
- Misplaced Hand-Wringing Over Housing - TCS Daily - October 31, 2007