50-Year Mortgages: The Ripoff of the Century
In finance, memories are short. The mortgage industry makes out with 50-year paper, the consumer, not so much.
In finance, memories are short. The mortgage industry makes out with 50-year paper, the consumer, not so much.
The modern debt culture—underwritten by the Federal Reserve’s expansionary policies—is not only harms capital development, but it also encourages short time preferences, which diminishes the structure of production.
Politicians in both parties are promising to address the affordability crisis. But neither is focusing on, or even discussing, the true causes. Here’s what they are and how to fix them.
Inflation is not just an economic phenomenon. It also undercuts the foundations of a civilization, leading to the breakdown of society itself.
Inflation is not just an economic phenomenon. It also undercuts the foundations of a civilization, leading to the breakdown of society itself.
President Trump has proposed a 50-year mortgage for new homebuyers, ostensibly to make housing more affordable. Actually, this financial instrument will make housing more costly and do nothing to address the root of this entire problem: the artificial housing shortage.
Dr. Jonathan Newman explains why we don’t need a central bank, and lays out a concrete, Rothbard-inspired plan for actually ending the Fed.
President Trump has proposed a 50-year mortgage for new homebuyers, ostensibly to make housing more affordable. Actually, this financial instrument will make housing more costly and do nothing to address the root of this entire problem: the artificial housing shortage.
If stablecoins continue to expand, the architecture of monetary control will inevitably change.
As the US economy slowly deteriorates, the government's response is to intervene and to inflate. This does not end well.