Financial Markets
White House Touts Federal Stimulus Success
Joe Salerno dismantles the Council of Economic Advisers' latest report touting the success of the 2009 stimulus, five years later.
Problems with the CPI
Peter Klein answers a viewer's question, and discusses the growing evidence of asset price inflation.
Latest Employment Numbers
Mark Thornton explains what the latest government employment report really tells us.
36. Why the Government is Responsible for the Sub-Prime Mortgage Meltdown
Section Four: Money and the State. Narrated by Harold L. Fritsche.
The Canadian Housing Bubble
Interviewed by host Redmond Weissenberger, Mark Thornton discusses the real estate and job markets.
How Time and Uncertainty Can Make Us “Antifragile”
How Time and Uncertainty Can Make Us “Antifragile”
The Dao of the Austrian Investor
Austrian economics teaches that understanding the “economy” can only be undertaken with the aid of economic theory. There is no formula or equation for understanding the economy. It cannot be measured in any meaningful scientific way. Only the logical construction of cause and effect aid us.
Germany’s “Dangerous” Current Account Surplus
If Germany has competitive labor costs and can build a better widget, where is the problem?