The Fed

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at the rhetoric surrounding the Federal Reserve.

The Fed’s tampering with market signals undermines the process of wealth generation, thereby exerting an upward pressure on the time preference interest rate and the market interest rate.

For all of the talk about "our democracy," there is a better way to protect the lives and property of people than just electing politicians. It is called sound money.

The value of the US dollar has risen during the Ukraine war. If peace breaks out, the dollar might be one of its casualties.

Biden has declared that the USA has "zero inflation" at present. Austrian economists say, "Not so fast."

The value of the US dollar has risen during the Ukraine war. If peace breaks out, the dollar might be one of its casualties.

For all of the talk about "our democracy," there is a better way to protect the lives and property of people than just electing politicians. It is called sound money.

The "official" definition of a recession is a two-consecutive-quarter decline in GDP, but there are problems with GDP measurement in the first place.

Between its political happy talk in the contrast to reality and its broken promises, whatever credibility the Fed had in the past is long gone

When inflation hits, we see higher overall prices for everyone. But inflation hits lower-income people the hardest, and they bear the brunt of this tax.