Economic Overviews

GDP per capita is one of the best measures of a country’s wealth as it provides an understanding of how each country’s citizens live on average, showing a representation of the quantity of goods and services created per person. This article identifies the GDP per capita (nominal) of nearly every country and territory in the world.

There are many different types of economies - communism, socialism, capitalism and democratic socialism. We tend to use the terms concretely, which necessarily introduces inaccuracies and, as such, they serve as excuses not to think and to hold economic beliefs that discourage explorations of the mismatch between theory and practice. Do you know exactly how they differ? Read on.

When will the next “Minsky Moment” arrive? We don’t know. What we do know is that by the time the Fed realizes what they have done, as always, it will be too late.

Canada and the United States are the world's largest trading partners. The U.S. accounts for about three-quarters of Canada's exports. Because of geography and the North American Free Trade Agreement, there are a number of products that the countries export to each other while at the same time importing from the other. [Take a look at the list. You might be very surprised.] Words: 712

Many markets and financial instruments are now moving exponentially. Exponential moves up almost without exception finish with a move down of the same magnitude so this will end badly.

Explosive fires always end in everything burning down or imploding eventually and this is just what is going to happen in the next few years. A massive forest fire is not just totally inevitable but is also an absolute necessity.

With deficits growing wider each year, we believe there is a very high likelihood that the price of gold will rise in the next few years.

The measure of money in the system, known as M2, is skyrocketing with the Biden administration adding another $1.9 trillion into the economy. Should we worry about a hyperinflationary surge like we saw in the late 70s or, are the deflationary pressures on the economy still present?

Bank transactions with wayward hedge funds, including Archegos Capital, is merely the latest warning sign of such banking mismanagement and increased risk ahead.

The U.S. economy is literally on perpetual life support. Recent events show too clearly that unless fiscal and monetary stimulus continues, the economy will fail and, by extension, the stock market...