A Triple-Barreled Gun Is Destroying African Economies: Inflation, Government Debt, and Taxes
African economies aren't being strangled by capitalism but by statism, which has imposed inflation, debt, and high taxes.
African economies aren't being strangled by capitalism but by statism, which has imposed inflation, debt, and high taxes.
Janet Yellen admits she underestimated inflation, but she still does not realize that inflation is not higher prices, but the increase in fiat money that forces up prices.
The so-called Great Reset is an attempt by wealthy elites and their allies to control people's lives. Their schemes need to be both exposed and resisted.
California's progressive political classes now have a scheme to impose a single-payer system for medical care. If imposed, it will be costly but also ineffective.
Progressives believe that economies should be run by high-IQ "experts." But successful market economies require entrepreneurs with an idea and the willingness to face uncertain economic conditions.
During April 2022, year-over-year money supply growth was at 7.23 percent. That's down from March's rate of 7.41 percent and April 2021's rate of 36.8 percent.
The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates in hopes of reversing some of the inflationary damage it has done for more than a decade. Unfortunately, the Fed already has done incalculable damage to the economy.
Though Kuttner thinks the New Deal a great success, he himself lays out some of its many problems.
Progressives have long pushed for a state dominated by a new class of "scientific" experts who are supposedly nonpolitical and pursuing only "good government." It's a fantasy many people still believe.
Forget the notion that the Fed "fights inflation." In fact, the Fed exists to promote inflation.