Podcast

What happens when a society consumes its seed corn?

Economist Joseph Salerno,  an expert on the Austrian School, money, and methodology, joins us to talk about what makes the Austrian School of economics different. 

Mark Thornton dives into the misunderstood world of precious metal premiums.

Inflation isn’t a mystery. It’s a racket. Politicians spend. The Fed prints. You pay.

Trump wants rate cuts. Is Powell stalling for the dollar’s sake, or his own?

After promising to end the Ukraine war immediately, and to stay out of Middle East wars, President Trump has instead doubled down on intervening in both conflicts.

Let's look at some of the reasons why President Trump and his supporters are so obsessed with demanding that the Federal Reserve force down interest rates even further. 

The origination of money is a ground shaking, mind altering realization of how the world works.

Before Bitcoin, there was Hayek. In the 1970s, he warned that state-controlled money leads to inflation, instability, and political plunder. His fix? Competing currencies.

Alex Pollock, an expert on Federal Reserve policy, joins us to talk about how the Fed has backed itself into a very bad financial corner, and there is no painless way out.