Silver: Manipulation or Fundamentals?
Is silver “manipulated,” or are fundamentals doing the work? Mark Thornton sifts the evidence and finds a simpler story.
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Moving at a High Speed toward an Economic Abyss
As the US economy slowly deteriorates, the government's response is to intervene and to inflate. This does not end well.
Election Fallout: Is Inflation Radicalizing Our Politics?
On this episode of Power & Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho take a look at this week's off-year elections. Were any of the outcomes a real surprise? Does Mamdami reflect the future of the left? Will affordability bring down MAGA? The roundtable discuss these questions and more.
The Election of Mamdani: What It Means – And What It Doesn’t Mean
While giddy socialists are proclaiming that Zohran Mamdani's electoral victory is the beginning of a socialist takeover of the U.S., the Democratic Socialists of America have a long way before they can complete their stated mission.
The Election of Mamdani: What It Means – And What It Doesn’t Mean
While giddy socialists are proclaiming that Zohran Mamdani’s electoral victory is the beginning of a socialist takeover of the US, the Democratic Socialists of America have a long way before they can complete their stated mission.
Trump’s Tariff Power Grab
The justices that Trump appointed to the Supreme Court have shown a recent intolerance for the kinds of semantic leaps his administration is relying on to justify its tariffs. Will they remain consistent or fall in line behind the president?
Why Food Stamp Spending Is Out of Control
Ryan McMaken takes a deep dive on food stamp spending, food stamp recipients, and how Big Ag and other industry lobbyists fight to keep food stamp spending flowing and increasing.
Easy Money Breeds Fraud: The Cases of Tricolor and First Brands
For the past 30 years, the US economy has bounced from one asset bubble to another. The recent Tricolor Holdings and First Brands bankruptcies are just another example of an economy being pumped up by the Federal Reserve.
America Hurts Farmers and Discounts China’s Soy Imports while Providing a Crutch for Argentina
Once again, the Trump administration’s “dealmaking” on international trade has blown up, this time pulling the rug from under US soybean farmers. This isn’t the first trade policy fiasco, nor will it be the last.
We Have Not Properly Reckoned with the Economic Insanity of 2020
The governmental response to the covid pandemic was to cripple the economy. To compensate for the damage, the Federal Reserve unleashed massive inflation in an attempt to do what the Fed always does in a crisis: bail out the economic actors.
