La infame burbuja inmobiliaria estalló hace 18 años, y nuestra economía nunca se ha recuperado del todo de ello. Por el contrario, el gobierno se volvió aún más irresponsable en materia financiera.
Los defensores de los altos impuestos sobre las ganancias de capital creen que estos recaen principalmente sobre los inversionistas adinerados y que, por lo tanto, son un acto de justicia. En realidad, estos impuestos obstaculizan la formación de capital y el crecimiento económico.
Mark Thornton explains the Fed’s real problem: the power to paper over debt, deficits, war, and market cracks until the bill hits consumers.
Mark Thornton argues that government efforts to hold down oil prices may be prolonging shortages and setting the stage for an even worse energy crisis.
Mark Thornton argues Washington is trying to manage bond yields, suppress gold’s warning signal, and sell AI as an inflation cure—even as debt and malinvestment pile up.
Mark Thornton explains why Austrian economics matters, and why gold, debt, the Fed, and the dollar all point back to the same problem: government money.
As government debt, energy shortages, political unrest, and war risks converge, Mark Thornton argues that Western statism is approaching a reckoning.
The Fed wants to keep interest rates low so the government can borrow on the cheap. But bond markets are driving up interest rates as inflation isn't going away.
Ryan McMaken welcomes Mises Institute Senior Fellow Alex Pollock, a longtime expert on real estate finance, for a discussion on how Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Reserve have created a socialist housing market in America. But it's socialism for the rich, and the system has made housing much more expensive for ordinary people.
On this episode of Power & Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho talk about new highs in bond yields, why that matters, and whether or not a new round of $5,000 Trump bucks will solve America's affordability crisis.
