No, It’s Not “Greed” or “Price Gouging” That’s Driving up Gas Prices
Why Police Do Nothing While Kids Are Killed
Here is an often-used tactic employed to defend government police organizations from criticism. Whenever critics point out police incompetence or abuse, defenders counter with ”The next time you need help, call a crackhead!” This same phrase was used by Louisiana senator John Kennedy when singing the praises of uniformed government bureaucrats in 2021.
Why Prices Have Gone Up
Central bank “stimulus” is a nonsensical policy approach which caused prices to surge over the last two years. Look at the charts below:
The Fed’s balance sheet is currently at $8.9 trillion:
Here We Go Again: The Fed Is Causing Another Recession
Cause of the Boom-Bust Business Cycle
The primary cause of the recurring “boom and bust” business cycle is central banks like the Federal Reserve creating money out of thin air. This was first explained by Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises over a century ago. His student F.A. Hayek won the 1974 Nobel Prize in economics for his work on this theory, which is now known as Austrian business cycle theory.
The basic outline of Austrian business cycle theory is as follows: