New Radio Interview: Why No Taper?
Posted September 26, 2013
Last week I was in Kuala Lumpur. There I had an interesting conversation with Julian Ng of BFM radio. We discussed: Why the Fed decided
Category Archives: The Present: On The Brink Of Disaster
Watch Richard Duncan’s New Course: How The Economy Really Works
Posted August 15, 2013
My second video Course is now available on Udemy.com. It’s called: How The Economy Really Works. This 2-hour Course deals with the present. It explains
How The Economy Really Works
Posted May 10, 2013
So far, 450 of you have signed up for my on-line video course, Capitalism In Crisis: The Global Economic Crisis Explained. Thank you! I appreciate
When Will This New Depression End?
Posted March 8, 2013
The following comments, written specifically for the Spanish language edition of The New Depression, were written in early March 2013, sixteen months after the original
Glenn Beck Interviews Richard Duncan: And keeps an open mind!
Posted July 28, 2012
On Tuesday July 17th I was invited to appear on Glenn Beck’s show. This came about because of my CNBC Squawk Box Europe interview the
How Close Are We to New Great Depression?
Posted July 25, 2012
Last week I was in London to promote The New Depression: The Breakdown Of The Paper Money Economy. The week began at 7:30 Monday morning
A “Deer In The Headlights” Policy Freeze?
Posted August 4, 2011
The agreement reached to raise the US government debt ceiling may mark the beginning of the kind of “deer in the headlights” policy freeze described
The Ten Trillion Dollar Milestone
Posted July 18, 2011
A milestone on the road to economic ruin was reached last week. Total Foreign Exchange Reserves topped $10 trillion. That means central banks have created
The Corruption Of Capitalism, Preface to the 2011 Edition
Posted June 16, 2011
Preface to the 2011 Edition of The Corruption of Capitalism [Now available on Kindle and NOOK] From the early 1980s, debt-fuelled consumption in the United
An Interview with Richard Duncan on China, Europe, & QE3
Posted June 1, 2011
The following interview was published in THE EDGE SINGAPORE on May 30, 2011 By ASSIF SHAMEEN Richard Duncan, author of the seminal The Dollar Crisis:
Credit Growth Drives Economic Growth, Until It Doesn’t
Posted May 19, 2011
The single most important thing to understand about economics in the age of paper money is that credit growth drives economic growth. Before the breakdown
China: Every Boom Busts
Posted May 3, 2011
Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, every economic boom has been followed by an economic bust. The bigger the boom, the bigger the bust.
BERNANKE’S CHOICE
Posted March 21, 2011
For twelve years the US trade deficit financed the US budget deficit and held down US interest rates. From 1996 to 2008, the US trade
The Great Depression and The New Depression
Posted February 21, 2011
A worldwide economic depression began in 2008. This New Depression was caused by the same factors as the Great Depression and followed exactly the same
What Every American Needs To Understand About The Economy
Posted January 19, 2011
As the United States debates its economic future in light of large government budget deficits, it is important that the public has a clear understanding
THE PRESENT: ON THE BRINK OF DISASTER
Posted December 15, 2010
The global economy is in crisis. Government intervention on a multi-trillion dollar scale is the only thing preventing a worldwide collapse into a new great