Unemployment

Everything from huge Keynesian "stimulus" policies to the war in Ukraine is dovetailing in a bout of stagflation: the simultaneous growth of inflation and unemployment.

In a recent speech, President Joe Biden blamed inflation on businesses raising prices and told them that they needed to lower their business costs -- but boost wages. You do the math.

While the Fed governors claim "all is well" and that inflation is "transitory," the bad news continues to pile up. Inflation will be with us for a long time.

Millions of Americans have no conception of economics, and simply don’t believe tradeoffs exist.

Gary Wolfram joins Bob to discuss Gary’s background as an economist in both academia and the political sphere, and why government intervention hurts the people it ostensibly helps.

It is only through the increase in capital goods, i.e., through the enhancement and the expansion of the infrastructure, that labor can become more productive and earn a higher hourly wage. 

It is only through the increase in capital goods, i.e., through the enhancement and the expansion of the infrastructure, that labor can become more productive and earn a higher hourly wage. 

Recorded by the Mises Institute in the mid-1980s, The Mises Report provided commentary from leading non-interventionists, economists, and

Succinct economic commentary by Dr. Mark Thornton, senior fellow at the Mises Institute.