Even if we were to agree with the MMT advocates that MMT allows the economy to easily shift from privately-produced to government-produced goods and services, we still ask why people should be forced to purchase inferior goods.
More than two decades ago, the Federal Reserve joined with the federal government to make housing more affordable. The first housing bubble popped in 2008, and a second bubble is on its way to bursting.
Continued bailouts undermine the entire economy by rewarding financial failure and discouraging productive economic activity.
The great train wreck seems to be happening. Mark Thornton shares his latest guesses and outlook.
Jason Purcell joins Bob to discuss his historical analysis of yield curves (in both UK and US) going back to the 1870s, which shows that central banks do indeed manipulate short-term interest rates.
National Conservatives are a growing movement on the political right.
Who Needs the Fed? Tom DiLorenzo talks to Shaun Thompson about fiscal illusion and the failure of the Federal Reserve.
Tom DiLorenzo appears on WILKOW! with Andrew Wilkow to discuss Austrian Economics and the Federal Reserve.
