Austerity Leads To... Austerity!

binve — Wed, 01 May 2013 12:10:09 GMT

Very good post

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Austerity Leads To... Austerity!
John T. Harvey
5/01/2013 @ 11:18AM

<p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Good post, completely agreed</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">-----------------------------------------<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><b rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">The Great Challenge of Macroeconomics<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/>from PRAGMATIC CAPITALISM by Cullen Roche<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://pragcap.com/the-great-challenge-of-macroeconomics" rel="nofol... </article> <article> <h1>Japan Isn’t Bankrupt</h1> <p>binve — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:08:26 GMT</p> <p rel="nofollow"><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">The myth still persists so the myth-busting must continue.</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">---------------------------------------<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><b rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Japan Isn’t Bankrupt<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/>from PRAGMATIC CAPITALISM by Cullen Roche<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://pragcap.com/japan-isnt-bankrupt" rel="nofollow">ht... </article> <article> <h1>Engineers Enable 'Bulk' Silicon to Emit Visible Light for the First Time</h1> <p>binve — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:27:39 GMT</p> <p rel="nofollow"><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Extremely cool development to support the future of high-speed computing.</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">-----------------------------------------------------<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><b rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Engineers Enable 'Bulk' Silicon to Emit Visible Light for the First Time<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/>Mar. 27, 2013 <br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><a rel="nofollow" href="htt... </article> <article> <h1>Super Batteries? Hybrid Ribbons a Gift for Powerful Batteries</h1> <p>binve — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:38:04 GMT</p> <p rel="nofollow"><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Awesome development about using Graphene and VO2 ribbons for batteries. Like the post says below based on the power density and discharge capabilites, this is a cross between a battery and supercapacitor. This is very much related to tdonb's post: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/for-binve-the-super/802547" rel="nofollow">http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/for-binve-the-super/802547</a></p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">-------------... </article> <article> <h1>Plants that can detox waste lands will put poisons to good use</h1> <p>binve — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:29:16 GMT</p> <p rel="nofollow"><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">This is super cool! Related to this post from December: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/onion-soaks-up-heavy-metal/780269" rel="nofollow">http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/onion-soaks-up-heavy-metal/780269</a></p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">--------------------------------------------------<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><b rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Plants that can detox waste lands will... </article> <article> <h1>Graphene: A Material That Multiplies the Power of Light</h1> <p>binve — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:58:12 GMT</p> <p rel="nofollow"><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">More extraordinary coolness in graphene research</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">-----------------------------------------------------<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><b rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Graphene: A Material That Multiplies the Power of Light<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/>Feb. 24, 2013 <br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/... </article> <article> <h1>Will the Fed end up Losing a Boatload of Taxpayer Money on its QE Programs?</h1> <p>binve — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:57:24 GMT</p> <p rel="nofollow"><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">The answer is no. Read the whole thing but especially the part in bold below</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">---------------------------------</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"><b rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Will the Fed end up Losing a Boatload of Taxpayer Money on its QE Programs?<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/>from PRAGMATIC CAPITALISM by Cullen Roche<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://pragcap.com/will... </article> <article> <h1>‘Loans Create Deposits’ – in Context (An excellent summary of the Money Multiplier Fable, Endogenous Money, How the Banking and Monetary System actually operates, etc.)</h1> <p>binve — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:11:29 GMT</p> <p rel="nofollow"><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">There is a fantastic new post by JKH that spells out all of these topics and summarizes them nicely in one post. It is a long post and I won't quote the whole thing here. But I highly encourage you to follow the link and read the whole thing.</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Understanding banking system operations is critical to understanding the monetary system. </p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">-------------------------------------------... </article> <article> <h1>The Money Multiplier Doesn't Exist</h1> <p>binve — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:29:03 GMT</p> <p rel="nofollow"><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Banks <b rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">don't</b> lend reserves.</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">This has been explained many times by many people (<b rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"><a rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" href="http://marketthoughtsandanalysis.blogspot.com/2011/02/follow-up-qe-is-not-inflationary.html#reserves">here is one from me</a></b>). Banks create money (loans) out of thin air, these loans go on to create deposits within the ba... </article> <article> <h1>For kdakota: 3D printer reveals mathematical beauty – and surprise</h1> <p>binve — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:07:27 GMT</p> <p rel="nofollow"><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Hey man, these images are really cool and right up your alley!</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">-------------------------------------<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><b rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">3D printer reveals mathematical beauty – and surprise<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/>10:19 01 February 2013<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/3d-ar... </article> <article> <h1>Human brain model and graphene win science's X Factor</h1> <p>binve — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:16:33 GMT</p> <p rel="nofollow"><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Awesome. Graphene especially continues to get more and more recognition. And the increased interest will bring more bright minds and more breakthroughs.</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">---------------------------------------------------------<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><b rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Human brain model and graphene win science's X Factor <br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/>15:36 28 Ja... </article> <article> <h1>Graphene-based transistor seen as candidate for post-CMOS technology</h1> <p>binve — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:19:41 GMT</p> <p rel="nofollow"><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">There has been development in graphene based transistors for awhile now because they hold so much promise. Here are some new advancements along that front. Very exciting.</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">--------------------------------------</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"><b rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Graphene-based transistor seen as candidate for post-CMOS technology <br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/>January 22, 2013 by Lisa Zyga ... </article> <article> <h1>Ultra-Small Devices for Energy-Efficient Electronics</h1> <p>binve — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:11:49 GMT</p> <p rel="nofollow"><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Extremely cool!</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">-----------------------<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><b rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Ultra-Small Devices for Energy-Efficient Electronics<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/>Jan. 21, 2013<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130121083025.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releas... </article> <article> <h1>Engineer Making Rechargeable Batteries With Layered Nanomaterials</h1> <p>binve — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:27:57 GMT</p> <p rel="nofollow"><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">And without much surprise, the magic ingredient is graphene. However, besides this being a cool article about battery technology, is the description of how they are growing these graphene sheets in *ambient pressure* (instead of in a vacuum which most processes today use). Advancements like these are paving the way for graphene to be produced, utilized and commercialized much more efficiently.</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">----------------... </article> <article> <h1>More on the upcoming Materials Science revolution and "15 times stronger than steel: Scientists develops strongest, lightest glass nanofibres in the world"</h1> <p>binve — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:38:33 GMT</p> <p rel="nofollow"><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">One of the themes that have been in my posts for the last 2 years or so has been that we are on the cusp of a new Materials Science revolution. This is most illustrated by my posts on Graphene (which I continue to be amazed by, it is really turning so many materials concepts upside down, too many posts to list just scroll through my blog list and you will find dozens), but on many other topics as well: Efficient water splitting (see <b rel="nofo... </article> <article> <h1>Graphene Oxide Soaks Up Radioactive Waste: U.S., Russian Researchers Collaborate On Solution to Toxic Groundwater Woes</h1> <p>binve — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:32:41 GMT</p> <p rel="nofollow"><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">More on the wonders of graphene</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">---------------------------------<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><b rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Graphene Oxide Soaks Up Radioactive Waste: U.S., Russian Researchers Collaborate On Solution to Toxic Groundwater Woes<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130108112459.htm" rel="... </article> <article> <h1>Philip Diehl, Former Head of the US Mint Addresses Confusion Over the Platinum Coin Idea</h1> <p>binve — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:46:10 GMT</p> <p rel="nofollow"><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">This is a must read</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">-------------------------</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"><b rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Philip Diehl, Former Head of the US Mint Addresses Confusion Over the Platinum Coin Idea<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/>from PRAGMATIC CAPITALISM by Cullen Roche<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://pragcap.com/philip-diehl-former-head-of-the-us-mint-addresses-confus... </article> <article> <h1>Explaining the Silliness of the Debt Ceiling and Platinum Coin to The Rest of the World</h1> <p>binve — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 09:08:12 GMT</p> <p rel="nofollow"><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Very good post. There is still so much confusion about this.</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">--------------------------</p><p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"><b rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Explaining the Silliness of the Debt Ceiling and Platinum Coin to The Rest of the World….<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/>from PRAGMATIC CAPITALISM by Cullen Roche<br rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://pragcap.com/explaining-th... </article> </main></body></html>

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