U.S. Economy

Ryan and Tho look at common American history myths baked into government school curricula. 

The current banking crises have deep roots in US financial history. Monetary authorities have engaged in inflationary behavior for more than a hundred years.

Ryan and Zachary talk about how wars are not nearly as cheap or economically harmless as many Americans seem to think.

After years of inflationary intervention, the Federal Reserve has no more rabbits to pull out of the hat.

American politicians are beating war drums. They forget that bad relations are costly in many ways.

As markets settle down after the last set of bank failures, political elites claim the crisis is behind us. But it is not over, not by a long shot.

Mark takes a look at the good news on price inflation and why it is better than reported, but probably short-lived.

Ryan and Tho discuss recent reveals about new lows for the FBI.

Despite all of the supposed safeguards to prevent bank failures, banks still fail. Perhaps the so-called safeguards are causing much of the trouble.

The newest farm bill in Congress picks the pockets of both consumers and taxpayers. It has been that way for a century, and there is no prospect of change, at least for now.