Archive for Capital & Interest

Is It Better to Malinvest During a Recession?

Evan Soltas (HT2 Scott Sumner) writes a more balanced view (compared to Matt Yglesias, who called Summers a communist) on Larry Summers allegedly problematic concern over low interest rates leading to malinvestments. To refresh your memory, here is what Summers said back in 2012, that is now causing a lot of people to flip out […]

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Cool Quote From Mises

Came across this while reviewing something for a client… We are the lucky heirs of our father and forefathers whose saving has accumulated the capital goods with the aid of which we are working today. We favorite children of the age of electricity still derive advantage from the original saving of the primitive fishermen who, […]

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Why Wages–>Labor Is NOT Like Interest–>Physical Capital

My last post on this topic was a bit technical, so let me break it down a bit. This post will still probably only appeal to actual economists, whether professional or amateur, because these issues get so nuanced. But I will try to keep the discussion in plain English. The claim I want to establish […]

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