July 28, 2012
Glenn Beck Interviews Richard Duncan: And keeps an open mind!
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
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July 25, 2012
How Close Are We to New Great Depression?
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
July 8, 2012
The New Depression Reviewed In THE ECONOMIST
This week my book, The New Depression: The Breakdown Of The Paper Money Economy, was reviewed in the Buttonwood column of The Economist. Please find
May 18, 2012
The Policy Options
From Chapter 9 of The New Depression: The Breakdown Of The Paper Money Economy – Capitalism was an economic system in which the private sector
May 11, 2012
The McAlvany Weekly Commentary: An Interview With Richard Duncan
This week David McAlvany interviewed me for his program, The McAlvany Weekly Commentary. We discussed the crisis in the global economy, the risk of a
May 4, 2012
VoiceAmerica Interview: The New Depression
I was recently Jay Taylor’s guest on Turning Hard Times Into Good Times. We discussed the evolution of Capitalism into Creditism, The Quantity Theory Of
April 20, 2012
The New Depression: The Breakdown Of The Paper Money Economy
My third book on the global economic crisis is now in print and available on Kindle. It’s called The New Depression: The Breakdown Of The
March 9, 2012
Asia's Economic Outlook In Light Of The Global Economic Crisis
Below, please find a link to a speech I made before the CFA Institute in Hong Kong on March 7, 2012. I discuss the outlook
August 4, 2011
A “Deer In The Headlights” Policy Freeze?
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
July 18, 2011
The Ten Trillion Dollar Milestone
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
June 30, 2011
Helicopter Money
A great deal can be learned about the government’s response to this crisis, as well as the mistaken policies that necessitated it, by analysing a
June 16, 2011
The Corruption Of Capitalism, Preface to the 2011 Edition
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
June 1, 2011
An Interview with Richard Duncan on China, Europe, & QE3
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:
May 19, 2011
Credit Growth Drives Economic Growth, Until It Doesn’t
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
May 3, 2011
China: Every Boom Busts
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.
April 26, 2011
Birth Of The Debt Culture
Once US dollars ceased to be convertible into gold at the beginning of the 1970s, there was no longer any constraint on the amount of
April 19, 2011
A New Economic Paradigm
Since the 1980s, a culture of debt has arisen in the United States. That change was the consequence of a misguided trade policy that gave
April 9, 2011
The Loose Cannon Credit Crisis
Starting in the 1970s, international credit flows began to destabilize the global economy. One country after another was plunged into crisis as dollar-denominated credit from
April 4, 2011
ABANDONED PRINCIPLES
There should be no confusion as to the origins of the global economic crisis that began in 2008. This crisis was set in motion in
March 21, 2011
BERNANKE’S CHOICE
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
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