On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the controversy around a leading economic theory about debt and GDP, yesterday’s Twitter inspired flash crash of the markets and we thank our listeners as we reach show number 800.
Read More »On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the bailout of Cyprus, the government’s choice to seize money from the bank accounts of its citizens and if this may lead to the collapse of the Euro Zone.
Read More »On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Allysen Efferson are joined by Victoria Coates to discuss the perils that ancient treasures face in the declining Old World, what obligation countries have to protect these treasures and if we need Indiana Jones to rescue important artifacts from the perils of modern civilizations.
Read More »Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the greek election, continued trouble in Spain and how Europe can save itself from financial crisis. We’re brought to you as always by Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so at bjackson[at]coffeeandmarkets.com. | Read More »
Official results released by the interior ministry, with 97 percent of ballots counted, showed New Democracy taking 29.7 percent of the vote, with SYRIZA on 26.9. The PASOK Socialists were set to take 12.3 percent of the vote. Because of a 50-seat bonus given to the party which comes first, that would give New Democracy and PASOK 162 seats in the 300-seat parliament, in an | Read More »
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the false austerity in Greece, how Washington should learn from this example and the perils of Keynesian economics. We’re brought to you as always by Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so | Read More »
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Greece’s potential exit from the Euro, Nasdaq’s Facebook problem and why the Facebook’s IPO failed to impress. We’re brought to you as always by Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so at | Read More »
THE REIGN OF RAMESSES III has long intrigued scholars and laypersons alike, both because this pharaoh’s reign took place during a watershed period in history, and because of the remarkable preservation of his majestic “Mansion of a Million Years” at Medinet Habu. With Ramesses III: The Life and Times of Egypt’s Last Hero (University of Michigan Press, 2012), volume editors Eric H. Cline and David | Read More »
THE ISOLATIONIST MODEL of looking at ancient civilizations, from Pharaonic Egypt to Kassite Babylonia to Classical Greece, has increasingly fallen out of fashion in recent years as more and more scholars have begun to realize, and to study, the deep interconnections between ancient civilizations, particularly from the Late Bronze Age onward. In The Mediterranean Context of Early Greek History, Nancy H. Demand, professor emerita of | Read More »
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the $2 Billion trading loss at J.P. Morgan, why Greece may be leaving the Euro Zone, and brewing trouble in Spanish banks. We’re brought to you as always by Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do | Read More »
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Congressman Tim Griffin to discuss his efforts to curtail the federal government’s cell phone give away plan, the billion dollar fraud and abuse plaguing this program, and how we can avoid Europe’s fiscal mess here in the US. We’re brought to you as always by Stephen | Read More »
We think single currencies really require single governments…There’s nowhere in the world that has more of a single currency without having more of a single government. British PM David Cameron (HT: The Daily Mail).
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech discuss the defeat of Nicolas Sarkozy in France, the Greek Election, and how a left-ward turn in Europe could impact the US. We’re brought to you as always by Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so at coffee[at]newledger.com. We | Read More »
Promoted from the diaries Decades ago, when British Prime Minister Harold Macmillen was asked by a journalist what would decide an upcoming election, he replied: “Events, my dear boy, events.” As we take stock of where we are – and what’s likely to happen between now and the first Tuesday of November – it’s clear that one of the greatest “events” facing us today – | Read More »
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech and Francis Cianfrocca are joined by Daniel Mitchell to discuss the problem with Europe’s idea of “austerity,” Mitt Romney‘s Keynesian beliefs, and why American companies are hoarding so much cash. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like | Read More »
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