The Federal Reserve’s Anti-inflation Policy Makes No Sense. Another agenda is in play. Dear readers and fellow economists, the Federal Reserve is treating a rise in prices from supply shocks and disruptions from the Covid lockdowns and sanctions against Russia, Iran, and other countries as if it were a monetary inflation. It is true that too much money is chasing …
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Federal Reserve Policy: Normally, recessions are the result of a reduction in liquidity by the Federal Reserve, the central bank, which is signaled by a rise in interest rates. Normally, recessions are short-run affairs of 6 to 9 months. Unemployment, which is as costly in its way as inflation, causes the Federal Reserve to relent and to increase liquidity, …
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Herland Report: Sanctions against Russia failing: When you dig a grave for others, be careful that you don’t fall in it yourself, the Holy Book wisely warns. The grave was dug for Russia, but the knockout blow now hits recession bound USA and Europe in a dramatically changing world where the sanctions have backfired spectacularly. At The Herland Report, …
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Herland Report: Russia sanctions: Washington’s “Russian sanctions” are the best thing that ever happened to Russia. The sanctions forced Russia away from her mindless effort to be part of the West, turned her toward her real allies, and forced Russia to do what she should have done long ago — bill her energy in rubles, thus supporting her own …
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Herland Report: Europe, slave of America: The war in Ukraine has made it dreadfully clear that Europe has lost its independence and solely functions as a servant of American interests. European politicians are simply not working for the best interests of Europe. Rather, they are scrambling desperately to implement sanctions that weaken their own economies and make Russia filthy …
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Herland Report: Europe Delusion of Grandeur: When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the European Union responded the following day with a package of unprecedented economic sanctions aimed at isolating Russia. The EU, which was praised for displaying “determination, unity and speed” in its response to Putin, was said to be facing a “transformative moment” that would allow the bloc …
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Herland Report: Western sanctions hurt the West: The strategy of imposing economic sanctions to hurt Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, may produce an economic fallout that is very different from what many expected. Who will be the economic losers from the Ukraine-Russia conflict in the short and long run? With soaring oil, gas and other commodities prices, Russia’s …
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Herland Report: Europeans and Americans will pay for sanction policy: If the inflation narrative we are being fed is true, the sanctions policy of the US government makes no sense as the worst sufferers are the American and European populations who are paying for the supply restrictions in higher prices and interest rates. As Russia is an exporter of …
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Herland Report: Neocons Sacrifice the Ukrainians: What is the current American neoconservative leadership plan for economic gains from the Ukraine war? Read below Dr. Michael Hudson’s analysis in a recent interview with Aaron Mate on the economic fallout of the Ukraine-Russia war and the American perspective on the economic gains to hope for. Dr. Michael Hudson: “Well, it depends …
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Herland Report: Ukraine-Russia War: The strategy of imposing economic sanctions in order to hurt Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, may produce an economic fallout that is different from what the leadership in Europe currently expects. The question is who will the sanctions hurt the most? Who will be the the economic losers from the steadily widened Ukraine-Russia conflict …
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