The Fed Panicked, And Its Rate Cut Is Making The Economy Worse
There is no lack of monetary stimulus in the economy…
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The IRS’s History Of Attacking Political Dissenters And Opponents
The US purports to be the land of free speech, but you can always expect politicians to carve out exceptions…
Continue readingGovernments Are Using The Coronavirus To Distract From Their Own Failures
Governments are not going to disguise the real economic impact of the epidemic, rather the opposite. Aggressive shutdown measures will…
Continue readingIs The Fed Ready For A Recession?
The situation of the Fed can be likened to that of an individual with $500 in their savings account who is driving an old vehicle…
Continue readingSocial Security Cannot Survive In Its Present Form
The biggest political issue over the next fifteen years may be changing conditions that affect how much Social Security can pay…
Continue readingSocial Security Is A Terrible “Investment”
The current Social Security system is in the red, and it’s expected to get worse…
Continue readingBernie Sanders’s Long History Of Pushing Government Takeovers Of Private Markets
Through Senator Sanders’s lengthy career in politics and even in recent years, he has advocated the nationalization, or government ownership, of numerous industries…
Continue readingUS Mandatory Spending Projected To Increase Over A Trillion Dollars By 2023
Any politician should understand that it’s simply impossible to collect an additional $1 trillion per year over and above what are already record-high receipts…
Continue readingSmall Countries Are Better: They’re Often Richer And Safer Than Big Countries
Living in a huge and diverse country ruled by a distant political elite in a city thousands of miles away might seem normal, but it’s…
Continue readingShhhh: Repo Operation In Process
Central bank monetary magic won’t work forever…
Continue reading“Disabled” Cop Fleeces Taxpayers While Working Full-Time For FBI
Most taxpayers would be surprised to learn that they are required to fund disability pensions for those in “excellent physical condition” working a similar job elsewhere…
Continue readingThe Era Of Boom And Bust Isn’t Over
Once all market interest rates hit zero, the real trouble starts: the boom turns to bust. Credit markets shut down, borrowers can no longer…
Continue readingSavings Vs. Money: Which Is More Important?
Any so-called economic growth within the framework of loose monetary policy can only take place if the private sector manages to…
Continue readingMarkets Provide Guns Despite Government Restrictions
Why must we all become something of a gunsmith? Why must customers revert to primitive, laborious home techniques to mill a receiver that will…
Continue readingPseudo-Psychiatrist “Diagnoses” Trump Supporters With Mental Disorders
What makes “experts” like Lee so dangerous is their blithe use of “science” to advance what is really a kind of moral crusade…
Continue readingTrade Sanctions Are Both Immoral And Ineffective
If history has taught us a lesson, it certainly is that interventionism doesn’t work…
Continue readingFed Nominee Judy Shelton Wants Sound Money – And Lots Of It
“…unfortunately, this is weak praise, given that the very existence and function of the Fed is a destructive influence on the US and global economy…”
Continue readingThe US Obsession With Sanctions May Destroy The Dollar
When the US places financial sanctions one one country, it de facto sanctions many other countries as well…
Continue readingWhat Will It Take To Get The Public To Embrace Sound Money?
In the last decade, the combo of virulent asset price inflation and low reported consumer price inflation crippled sound money as a political force…
Continue readingHuge Debt Got Us Hooked On Petrodollars — And On Saudi Arabia
But why should the US continue to so robustly support this dictatorial regime?
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