Booms and Busts

The Fed and the government have gone to great lengths to prop up home prices. But it seems a bit odd to try to increase the cost of a basic necessity like housing. Why not do the same with food and clothing?

James Grant discusses his new book, The Forgotten Depression.

The Keynesian multiplier would have us believe that economic growth can come from an increase in demand and spending. But if we look more closely, we find there is never a shortage of demand, and what an economy really needs to expand is more saving.

The Murray N. Rothbard Lecture, sponsored by Caitlin Long.

Janet Yellen See Stock Prices Are High, but She Sees no Bubbles

Does the construction of world’s largest skyscraper equal economic collapse?

A recent report commissioned by the prime minister of Iceland calls for limits on the money supply through ending fractional reserve banking and deposit insurance. Unfortunately, the report also calls for nearly unlimited control of the money supply by the central bank.

The Economist declares there is no such thing as a Skyscraper Curse and they have the mainstream empirical evidence to support that declaration.