Economic Policy

Postwar Germany was occupied, in ruins, with an economy in chaos. Germans were reduced to using cigarettes supplied by American GIs as money.

Forcing the minimum wage above the real market wage causes more unemployment. Small businesses suffer from these mandates as do the least productive workers. 

Mainstream economists are quick to claim that environmental problems are caused by "market failure" that can be "fixed" by government intervention. However, the intervention itself is the problem.

Mark Thornton joins Ryan and Tho on Radio Rothbard to take a closer look at the state of the US dollar and how price inflation and economic crises are likely to play out in the months and years ahead. 

President Biden makes the false claim that wind- and solar-generated electricity are cheaper than power generated from coal and oil.

Government statistics on inflation in the food sector have failed to account for skimpflation and shrinkflation.

The fiat US dollar is being imperiled by reckless actions by monetary authorities.

Tho Bishop and Connor Mortell discuss common energy policy narratives.

With each iteration of the banking crisis, the Federal Reserve System and federal regulators gain in power and authority. Maybe the banking crisis isn’t an accident.

President Biden announced recently to much fanfare that his administration will transform the US economy through central planning. This does not end well.