Politics

Lena Petrova interviews Ryan McMaken on World Affairs In Context.

When the bankers called for a central bank in the US, they claimed to only want a way to stop bank runs. It turns out that they wanted—and got—much more. The permanent regime of inflation and asset bubbles is the result.

One sign of a fraying society is that its laws increasingly become political tools. The latest round involves Democrats trying to use criminal law in a very questionable way to try to put Donald Trump in prison, while Trump promises to retaliate if he is elected.

With Trump as president, will we move in the direction of capitalism, or will we move in the direction of socialism?

While many are busy offering intellectually-deficient reasons as to why Kamala Harris lost—sexism, racism, Nazism, hatred of democracy—Lipton Matthews explains some simple truths as to why Harris lost.

Historical revisionism is nothing new, and recent attempts to label an “antiracist” approach to history have wrongly been called “revisionist.” To better understand revisionism, one must first be grounded in reality, then apply reality-based thought to studying the past.

The Fed wants independence so it can serve the interests of the banker class. There is no higher principle here. There is only power.

Ryan and Tho talk about what Donald Trump must do if he wants to actually fix our mounting economic problems of stagnation, debt, and inflation. 

For the second time in eight years, Donald Trump defied the expectations of the “experts” and the ambitions of the ruling classes of Washington, DC. 

The watchword among progressives this election season is: “Nothing less than our democracy is at stake.” In truth, democracy itself is not in danger, but one can accurately say that “democracy,” as practiced in the US, endangers our lives.