Showing posts with label Louis Woodhill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Louis Woodhill. Show all posts
Monday, August 20, 2018

The Tobin Q ratios for Germany and America tell us Elizabeth Warren and David Dayen are wrong

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Louis Woodhill, here : Put simply, a Tobin Q ratio higher than 100% means that a company is creating economic value, and a Tobin Q bel...
Thursday, April 24, 2014

Nothing Else Is Working, So The US Federal Reserve Should Be QEing Gold Instead Of Treasuries

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So said Christopher T. Mahoney, a former Vice Chairman at Moody's, for Project-Syndicate last June, here , just not in so many words: It...
Monday, March 10, 2014

Louis Woodhill: Premature Signifi-ca-tion

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not seasonally adjusted civilian labor force February 2008 to February 2014 Louis Woodhill, here , evidently referring loosely to the season...
Friday, April 19, 2013

Louis Woodhill: Gold As Money Is Inevitably Deflationary In Terms Of Its Supply

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So says Louis Woodhill for Forbes,  here : "The most fundamental issue that determines the workability of a gold standard is whether it...
Thursday, April 18, 2013

Twelve Times Today's Silver Price Means $279 Gold

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Louis Woodhill doesn't get there by the same rule, but he's in the same ballpark in this story from May 2012, when the average pric...
Monday, April 15, 2013

Josh Brown Doesn't Think Too Much Of Your Paper Gold

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Oliver Cromwell And he's not too fond of the real thing sitting right in front of you, either, here : 'It is utterly uninteresting t...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Libertarian Louis Woodhill Panders Left And Right

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Louis Woodhill, here , who wants to go over the cliff to save the country: "The electorate, as a whole, understands economics. ... (col...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Price Of Gold Adjusted To The Purchasing Power Of The Dollar

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What is today's fair value price of an ounce of gold? Is it really $1,579 the ounce? In 1913 the price of gold was still fixed at $20.67...
Saturday, May 26, 2012

The UK Lets Taxes Rise in 2010, Gets Ugly Recession in 2012

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Louis Woodhill for Forbes details the history here , wondering why they call tax increases in the throes of an economic crisis Conservatism ...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

Cain's 999 Plan Would Produce Faster Economic Growth Than Perry or Romney

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So says Louis Woodhill for Forbes, here : Comparing the Republican candidates’ tax plans as written, Cain’s “9-9-9” proposal is the best, be...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

The Federal Reserve Should Stop Paying Interest On Reserves

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So says Louis Woodhill, here : While the IOR rate has been constant at 0.25% since December 2008, the 90-day T-bill has fallen from an avera...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Tax Reform Had Better Be Revenue Neutral, Otherwise No Thanks

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Louis Woodhill isn't fooled by Gang of Six types, Gang of Twelve types, or any other types looking for increased revenues from tax refor...
Saturday, August 6, 2011

EU Growth Rate 2000-2010 at 1.56 Percent

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Yeah! Let's be more like Europe! Wait. We already are. Data here and here .
Tuesday, August 2, 2011

What Baseline Budgeting Does to Spending in Ten Years

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If you listen to Larry Kudlow, you know that he believes that baseline budgeting contributes only as much as 4 percent to the annual increas...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

Employment Deterioration Under Obama More Than 2 Times Worse Than Under Bush

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Louis Woodhill has the numbers here : Over Bush 43′s two terms in office (96 months), America lost ground with respect to full employment by...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

Louis Woodhill Thinks Gold at $218 the Ounce is About Right

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Here , based in large measure on what it can buy, in relative terms. Here's a similar way to look at it from measuringworth.com, using t...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Growth in 2000s 38 Percent Lower Than 1930s

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Louis Woodhill doesn't much like the Paul Ryan plan because of "static analysis," here , but fails to note that Ryan's is ...
Thursday, April 21, 2011

One Man's Austerity is Another Man's Tax Increase

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When it comes to "austerity," most people with common sense think "frugality," "reduced spending," and general...
Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Zen and the Art of Economic Cycle Maintenance

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In which Louis Woodhill asks the disciples of John Mauldin: “In a time of famine, would you plant less rice?” Read it all at Forbes .