Daniel R. Amerman, CFA
Articles by Daniel R. Amerman, CFA
Is There A “Back Door” Method For The Government To Pay Down The Federal Debt Using Private Savings?
The United States government is currently about $17.5 trillion in debt. To place this number in perspective: if we assume that only the above-poverty line households will be making net contributions towards paying this enormous...
The United States federal government currently has about $17.5 trillion in debt outstanding. What this means is that if the interest rate on that debt were to rise by even 1%, the annual federal deficit rises by $175 billion. A 2% increase...
Bail-ins are a new way of "rescuing" banks and other financial organizations that have been sweeping around the world, even as they rewrite the rules for investors and depositors. Bail-ins have already occurred in Cyprus with their...
There are two ways a nation can use economic growth to reduce budget deficits. The first method is to participate in economic growth, with a growing economy increasing tax collections. A second method is to raise taxes so...
It can be difficult to completely avoid a $5 trillion elephant in the middle of one's own living room. In an ironic twist, millions of people who are investing for retirement specifically to escape from dependence on Social Security...
OverviewThe United States government has six interrelated motivations for destroying the value of the dollar:1. Creating money out of thin air on a massive basis is all that stands between the current state of hidden depression, and overt...
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