Brazil’s Monetary Hangover: Why Lula’s Fiscal Push Keeps Interest Rates High
The US is not the only country with an out-of-control central bank. Brazilians are feeling the pain from decades of irresponsible central bank and government decisions.
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A Scholarly Takedown of MMT: Emmanuel Maggiori on the Theory’s Fatal Flaws
Bob sits down with economist Emmanuel Maggiori to discuss his new book that engages MMT on its own terms, drawing on the MMTers' own textbook, papers, and responses to critics.
False Signals
One must ask the decisive question: if fiat money is genuinely superior, why would coercion be required to impose it upon those who would supposedly benefit from its existence?
The Affordability Crisis Is a Sovereign Debt Problem
As economic uncertainty grows, the authorities turn to their only “solution”: increase sovereign debt and ratchet up inflation.
Warsh’s Concerning Interest in Redefining “Inflation”
Although it's true that many government-driven price hikes in recent years aren’t “inflation” in the strict sense, the pain they cause is just as real. Warsh’s push to narrow what the Fed counts as inflation—so it can justify even more inflation—is alarming.
Remembering the Mogambo Guru
The financial analyst Richard Daughty, whose pen name was Mogambo Guru, passed away four years ago, but while he was alive, he produced spot-on criticisms of the US government and its inflation rocket fuel booster, the Federal Reserve System.
Warsh’s Concerning Interest in Redefining “Inflation”
Although it’s true that many government-driven price hikes in recent years aren’t “inflation” in the strict sense, the pain they cause is just as real. Warsh’s push to narrow what the Fed counts as inflation—so it can justify even more inflation—is alarming.
Remembering the Mogambo Guru
The financial analyst Richard Daughty, whose pen name was Mogambo Guru, passed away four years ago, but while he was alive, he produced spot-on criticisms of the US government and its inflation rocket fuel booster, the Federal Reserve System.
There Is No Reprieve in the Fed’s War on Savings
The Federal Reserve continues to destroy the economy’s savings base through a combination of artificially low interest rates and inflation. This war on savings will not end anytime soon.
There Is No Reprieve in the Fed’s War on Savings
The Federal Reserve continues to destroy the economy’s savings base through a combination of artificially low interest rates and inflation. This war on savings will not end anytime soon.
