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Inflation, Deflation, or Discontinuity?
A question that seems to come up quite often is, “Are we going to have inflation or deflation?” People want to figure out how to invest. Because of this, they want to know whether to expect a rise in prices, … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications
Tagged deflation, discontinuity, inflation, interest rates, quantitative easing, recession, unemployment
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Energy Leveraging: An Explanation for China’s Success and the World’s Unemployment
If an employer wants to maximize profits, it will want to leverage its use of high-priced energy sources. From an employer’s point of view, there are basically three kinds of energy, from most to least expensive: Human energy Petroleum energy Everything … Continue reading
Posted in Energy policy, Financial Implications
Tagged China, employment, energy, fossil fuels, oil, oil prices, recession, unemployment
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Renewables Are Overrated, We Need Cheap Oil – Interview with Gail Tverberg
This article originally appeared at Oilprice.com. What does our world’s energy future look like? Does renewable energy feature as much in the energy production mix as many hope it will? Will natural gas and fracking help reduce our dependence upon … Continue reading
