Austrian Economics, Gold, and the Fed’s Confidence Game
Mark Thornton explains why Austrian economics matters, and why gold, debt, the Fed, and the dollar all point back to the same problem: government money.
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The Hamiltonian AI Curse: How American Tech Learned to Make Its Losses Everyone Else’s Problem
When government becomes involved in finance, interest groups abound, each one seeking wealth transfers to the detriment of others. This has been the case since the founding of this country, and AI is just a new chapter.
The State of Financial Markets Tells Us What Investors Really Believe
Mainstream economists claim that understanding and observing reality is not really “doing economics.” Instead, they believe that all we need are abstract theories that predict events well. But over time, financial markets must bend to the real world.
The State of Financial Markets Tells Us What Investors Really Believe
Mainstream economists claim that understanding and observing reality is not really “doing economics.” Instead, they believe that all we need are abstract theories that predict events well. But over time, financial markets must bend to the real world.
Politics as Power: Elites, Inflation, and the Austrian Answer
Mark Thornton argues modern politics is a power struggle run by elites—and that Austrian economics explains both the rigged system and the way out.
Greenspan: The Great Opportunist
While the pundits are insisting that the late Alan Greenspan was a committed free market adherent, his actions throughout his career spoke differently. In today’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon exposes Greenspan for what he was: an opportunist.
Greenspan: The Great Opportunist
While the pundits are insisting that the late Alan Greenspan was a committed free market adherent, his actions throughout his career spoke differently. In today’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon exposes Greenspan for what he was: an opportunist.
Greenspan’s Empty Talk
To help mark the passing of former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, we run this 2001 piece from Dr. Joseph Salerno, who understood the Greenspan fraud long before "The Maestro" tanked the US economy by setting off the Housing Bubble.
Greenspan’s Empty Talk
On the day Greenspan died, this 2001 essay by Joseph T. Salerno deserves a second life. It documented what the mainstream refused to see.
The Fed’s New Face, Same Old Game
Kevin Warsh may talk tough, but Mark Thornton argues the Fed’s real mandate hasn’t changed: finance Washington, protect Wall Street, and let inflation grind down everyone else.
