Central Banks

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho are joined by Econ Bro, the founder of Nigerian Liberty, which offers seminars in Austrian economics in Nigeria.

David Brady, Jr. discusses his recent article at mises.org, in which he argues that the newly launched "FedNOW" system isn't a CBDC.

Some problems with inflation measures, inequality and social mobility, and further implications.

George Gammon warns that the Fed won't have to force the public to adopt a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Instead, the public might clamor for it.

Several nations look to develop a gold-based currency to bypass the US dollar. The world shall see after the BRICS nations meet next month how successful they are.

Argentina is one of the world's poster children for hyperinflation. Unfortunately, monetary reforms aren't working because the authorities are not serious about having a sound currency.

As government weight in the economy rises faster, technical recessions may not appear in the official data, but citizens suffer it, nevertheless. 

The Mises Institute's Executive Editor Ryan McMaken joins Bob to discuss his latest article, in which Ryan spells out the state of the M2 money supply and possible implications for consumer prices and an impending recession.

The Keynesian prescription for an economic downturn is for government to increase spending to improve so-called aggregate demand. In reality, this is a recipe for worsening the recession.

Ryan and Robert Aro take a look at the Fed's unconvincing explanation of why it has chickened out on interest rate hikes