The Fed

American politicians claim that excessive military spending makes Americans "safe." The record shows otherwise.

While politicians claiming to be "fiscally responsible" call for balanced budgets, the real drag on the economy is government spending itself.

The Federal Reserve continues the proud Greenspan tradition of obfuscation and confusing language to describe its reckless actions.

Jeff and Bob discuss a recent interview with IMF economist Manmohan Singh in the context of central banks co-opting digital technology for bad ends.

The proabortion centralist line of "accept our definition of human rights, or else" is what we'd expect from the imperialists of old who claimed the "savages" in the colonies couldn't be trusted with self-government. 

After the 2008 housing bust, the government supposedly set up a fail-safe mortgage program aimed at preventing future bubbles. It failed.

Recorded in Orlando, Florida, on May 14, 2022.

While the covid-19 pandemic brought sickness and death, another pandemic raged through Washington: abuse of executive power.

Jeff and Bob take a look at the misnamed "World Economic Forum" and its conference this past week in Davos.

As the economy begins to slow, the results of the Fed's money pumping are showing up in mergers and acquisitions.