Inflation and Embezzlement

There is almost complete unanimity among economists and various commentators that inflation is about general increases in the prices of goods and services. From this it is concluded that anything that contributes to price increases constitutes inflation. However, inflation is not a general increase in prices but embezzlement through artificial increases in money supply.

Florida’s Push to Eliminate Vaccine Mandates: A Rothbardian Property Rights Perspective

Rothbard’s property rights framework emphasizes absolute self-ownership and private property rights as the foundation of a free society. Under this framework, individuals have exclusive control over their own bodies and property, and no external authority—state or otherwise—may justly compel them to act against their will, especially when such compulsion involves bodily intrusion.

The Scouring of the American Middle Class

The war of words between President Donald Trump and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has been revealed as largely histrionic. Like their predecessors—Richard Nixon and Arthur Burns—over 50 years ago, Trump and Powell have been acting out a performative charade regarding when and to what extent artificially low interest rates should go even lower in the midst of persistent inflation. The supposed sparring between Trump and Powell merely guarantees the result both want—more easy money.

Tim Robertson is an ordained minister, the founder of FreedomFilled Ministries in Welcome, NC and a graduate of Chari