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Progress, in Capitalistic Society, means Chaos

Monthly Market Commentary: December 1, 2025

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Progress, in Capitalistic Society, means Chaos

The Illusion of Progress by Anthony Deden is the best economic essay that I have read in recent times. Discussing the early phase of the capitalistic system during the Industrial Revolution, Deden writes that, “Behind these visible achievements lay an invisible order. Enterprise rested on saving; saving depended on restraint. Honest money was…


Excessive Speculation and Leverage as a new US national Pastime

According to a recent article by the Guardian (www.theguardian.com), 75% of Americans report soaring prices as Trump claims inflation ‘over.’ The article reads: “Nine months after Donald Trump took office, promising to reduce prices on ‘day one’, a clear majority of Americans say their monthly costs have risen by between $100 and $749, according to…


Patience as an Investment Strategy

My philosopher friend, marcel.a.emmenegger@gmail.com recently made some interesting comments about The Paradox of Corporate Morality  in an essay entitled "Optics as Ethics." He writes: Modern capitalism operates with a peculiar moral compass. Systemic harm is absorbed and normalized. Personal scandal is punished swiftly and without mercy. Nestlé…


Is the Fed already “loosening into Inflation?”

Ryan McMaken writes for the Mises Institute (www.Mises.org) the following: The “inflationists also hope that easy money-policy will somehow reverse the current stagnating trend in employment. In recent months, both President Trump and the usual Wall Street outlets have insisted that the Fed reduce the target policy interest rate to ensure that…


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