Podcast: Oil prices will hinder economy until new energy sources emerge

The word stagflation has been on the minds of economists in recent weeks. The term describes the unusual condition when the economy is slowing but prices are increasing.

Dr. Stephen Leeb, author of the…

Author predicts peaking oil supplies will drive “stagflation”

An NPR segment yesterday about rising concerns over “stagflation” in the nation’s economy reminded me of a book I read last summer called The Coming Economic Collapse, by investor and peak-oil-proponent Stephen Leeb. I checked it out at the…