U.S. Economy

Peter Klein explains why the Obama administration can't create innovative manufacturing hubs by simply throwing around taxpayer's money.

Interviewed by host Alan Butler, Mark Thornton explains fractional reserve banking and describes how we can ease our way out of the Federal Reserve

Interviewed by Merlin Rothfeld and John O’Donnell, Bob Murphy illustrates how government interference with the market economy leads to human

The most hard-working and intelligent people tend to go to college, but it’s not the college degree that makes them successful.

Interviewed by host Alan Butler, Mark discusses the current economic situation, the end of Prohibition, the Articles of Confederation, and several

Making sense of today's monetary chaos

Interviewed by Merlin Rothfeld and John O’Donnell, Shawn Ritenour explains the truth behind the government’s economic data and the curr

Interviewed by host Alan Butler, Mark Thornton discusses the reality of the U.S. dollar, prices, and goods.

The way GDP is calculated is problematic for many reasons. Many economists have long opposed government GDP statistics, because a government that can claim to know how much an economy has grown, can more easily claim that it can tinker with the economy to get more growth.

If price inflation near 2 percent is good for the economy, why not aim at a higher rate of inflation and make the economy much healthier?