The Fed

Leonard offers a penetrating criticism of the Fed’s vast expansion of the money supply, but it falls short of a sound way to keep it in check.

The legacy of covid-19 ultimately will be the vast expansion of government on many levels. Not surprisingly, the statism is worse than the virus itself.

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

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.