The Fed

Presented at Mises University 2020.

Bob wrote a lengthy review of Stephanie Kelton's new book on MMT, The Deficit Myth, for the Mises Institute. In this episode he narrates his review.

The largest fiscal and monetary support plan since WW II has been instigated with two dangerous collateral effects: the rise of zombie companies and the collapse of small businesses and startups.

Jeff Deist presents a no-holds-barred discussion of the economy after the coronavirus shutdown and George Floyd protests.

When the current panic and crisis began, we were already in the late stages of a long asset price bubble. The crisis has exposed the fragility of the current system and we won't be going back to where we were before.

In this issue of The Austrian, we provide highlights from some of the most important and salient articles published on mises.org during the unprecedented crisis of 2020.

The Fed and other central banks are entering into a huge money-printing experiment in hopes of keeping the government-spending machine going at full speed forever. The unintended consequences will be highly destructive.

By protecting banks from the costs of poor investment decisions, central banks encourage further risk taking and malinvestment. They also prevent liquidation, which brings failed businesses' assets to the market at bargain prices, allowing new businesses to emerge from the detritus.

The new Fed policy proposals being floated carry significant political risk, because they enjoy support not just from the redistributionist left, but also “business conservatives” happy to raid our future to make their pain stop.