Inflation

Argentina is synonymous with hyperinflation, but apparently its voters have not had enough.

Ryan McMaken and Joseph Solis-Mullen discuss why the dollar still looks good when compared to other global currencies.

Typical teaching on stock prices says they are little more than a random walk. But people's purposeful actions are behind every economic transactions.

Adherents of the famous Phillips curve believe there is a permanent tradeoff between inflation and unemployment. This is mistaken.

The Fed’s tampering with market signals undermines the process of wealth generation, thereby exerting an upward pressure on the time preference interest rate and the market interest rate.

The Fed is slowly increasing interest rates in the hopes that the economy will experience a "soft landing." However, there is no way to soften the blows about to fall on the economy.

Paul Krugman recently argued that the Federal Reserve can engineer a "soft landing" for the economy as it tries to deal with inflation. Such a view ignores economic realities.

The Fed's suppression of interest rates in the USA didn't just affect this nation's economy. It also drove investors to seek higher interest rates in questionable investments.

Paul Krugman recently argued that the Federal Reserve can engineer a "soft landing" for the economy as it tries to deal with inflation. Such a view ignores economic realities.

Biden has declared that the USA has "zero inflation" at present. Austrian economists say, "Not so fast."