Trump’s Tariffs, Fannie’s Funding: How High Can Rents Climb?
Renters can't keep paying higher and higher rents, as nearly half of all renter households pay more than 30 percent of their income for housing.
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Will the Data Tell Us When the Next Bust Is Due?
The trigger to boom-bust cycles is central bank monetary policies and not some mysterious factors we can only tease out of statistical data.
The True Money Supply Is Flashing Red
The suppression of the TMS growth rate, if it is sustained for the rest of the year, portends another credit crisis and housing bust.
What Free-Banking Advocates Get Wrong
Free-banking systems may make bank runs less frequent, but do they prevent credit expansion, artificial booms, and economic recessions?
A Gas Tax Hike Is the Wrong Way to Fund Highways
Using the federal gas tax to fund infrastructure is at best a very blunt instrument, and at worst an invitation to wasteful spending.
How Juan Perón’s Left Populism Destroyed Argentina’s Economy
Some scholars want the Democrats to embrace Perón's policies. This isn’t quite as bizarre as arguing for Venezuelan socialism, but it’s close.
A Strong Euro Is A Headache for the ECB
A strong euro is not a problem for any European citizen. But it is a problem for the central bank.
We Need Bastiat’s The Law More than Ever
The solution to the problem of human relationships is freedom, and it thrives most when the role of government is limited.
Economists and the Emergence of Antitrust
Economists who believe that there was once a "golden age of antitrust" have never produced any evidence of such an age.
How Central Banks Stoke Stock Prices
There are two important ways through which the central bank and its effectively inflationary machinations influence stock prices.
