Money Supply Growth in August Slows Again, Returning to “Normal” Levels
The slowing rate of money-supply growth suggests weakness in the economy, and this can be…
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Why Americans Would Benefit from a Government Default
The Biden administration’s rhetoric on the debt ceiling has become nothing short of apocalyptic…
Continue readingDefaulting On The National Debt, Rewarding The Regime, And The Obligation To Pay Our Debts
Public debt is paid off with tax dollars from taxpayers who had no choice in the matter and were not parties to the contracts between the creditors and the borrowers. […]
Continue readingYellen Is Wrong: The US Government Doesn’t Always Pay Its Debts
In 1934, the United States defaulted on the fourth Liberty Bond. The bonds were to be payable in gold. This presented a big problem for the US, which was…
Continue readingYou’ll Be Shocked To Learn There’s Corruption At The Fed
Fed policy has been extremely successful from the point of view of billionaires and hedge fund managers holding huge stock portfolios and…
Continue readingThe Fed Is Bailing Out the Wealthy as Everyone Else Pays the Price
The Fed says that inequality is a problem. At the same, the Fed also pretends to have nothing to do with it. The Fed “doesn’t have the tools” to…
Continue readingFears of Stagflation Loom as Job Growth Stalls
If continued stimulus is necessary to keep job growth going, which appears to be the case, what’s the Fed going to do to keep prices from…
Continue readingThese Huge Deficits Wouldn’t Be Possible without the Fed’s Inflation
The political benefit to the US government goes beyond just keeping interest rates low…
Continue readingThe Covid Stimulus Isn’t Like Other Stimulus. It’s Much Bigger.
When it comes to policy debates, it’s now pretty clear that if you’d like to sound very quaint and old-fashioned, be sure to…
Continue readingWelfare Payments and Foreign Policy Fears Are the Only Things Holding America Together
Fear of China and Iran, combined with the more practical desire for continued “free” money from the federal government, will continue to…
Continue readingMoney Supply Growth Dropped in May to a 15-Month Low
If the current trend continues we will be returning to more “normal” levels…
Continue readingFannie and Freddie Are Just Government Agencies: They’re Likely to Stay That Way
It’s clear Washington never intended these companies to be truly private, but the current housing market is so fragile and so reliant on artificial…
Continue readingThe Fed: Why Federal Spending Soared in 2020 but State and Local Spending Flatlined
Thanks to the Federal Reserve, when the US government needs to borrow another $500 billion or even another trillion dollars…
Continue readingThe Fed Plans to Raise Interest Rates—Years from Now
The Fed has no appetite for ever testing the waters to see just how fragile this current economy is in spite of all we hear about a “V-shaped recovery” and…
Continue readingWhy Big Business Is Helping the Regime
Democrats in Congress want comprehensive regulation of social media which will ultimately allow regime regulators to decide what is and what is not “disinformation.” This has…
Continue readingHow Big Tech And Friends Used Capitalism to Wage an Ideological War on America
Millions of Americans, Christians and social conservatives especially, are finding that the nation’s most influential institutions appear to be implacably hostile toward them….
Continue readingHow Trillions in Newly Printed Money Created a Labor Shortgage
It shouldn’t be an enormous shock when we find out that many employers are having trouble finding workers…
Continue readingTexas Ended Lockdowns & Mask Mandates: Now Locked-Down States Are Where Covid Is Growing Most
How can this be explained? The lockdown advocates don’t seem to have an explanation at all…
Continue readingThe Plutocrats of Wall Street and Silicon Valley Are Scamming America
Central banks are now in the business of pushing up stock prices for the benefit of Wall Street and large public companies. Thanks to…
Continue readingState Legislatures Are Finally Limiting Governors’ Emergency Powers
The business closures, mask orders, and stay-at-home orders have made it abundantly clear that governors will enthusiastically embrace emergency orders that last many months…
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