“I Have Bills to Pay,” Or Why the Fed Really Cut Interest Rates
What if we could have eavesdropped on a conversation between Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen? It might have gone as follows….
Homeownership Is Not the American Dream
Home prices continue to rise as the government tries to further intervene into the housing markets, all in the name of the “American Dream.” However, remember that these massive increases…
There Are Not 13,099 Illegal Immigrant Murderers Roaming Free on American Streets
Alex Nowrasteh Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently responded to Rep. Tony Gonzalez’s (R‑TX) question on the number of noncitizen criminals on ICE’s docket for removal (deportation) from the United…
Avoiding digital transformation icebergs: Can industrial DataOps steer projects away from disaster?
Industrial DataOps is becoming a key solution for addressing the challenges of industrial digital transformation, according to a new research article from IoT Analytics. Based on the Industrial Connectivity Market…
The Present Monetary System Is Heading for a Breakdown
As monetary authorities continue to inflate the money supply, they inflict more and more damage upon the currency. Unfortunately, as the economy falters under the inflationary regime, the “solution” always…
Underdog Moicano Wins UFC Fight, Bashes Macron in France, Promotes Hoppe
Vegas expected Renato “Sound Money” Moicano to lose his UFC fight against Benoit Saint Denis. Instead, he won and used the opportunity to promote the work of another Austrian economist.…
Tom Luongo on the Rival Factions Among Bankers
Tom Luongo explains the different factions among bankers, including rivalries between New York and San Francisco, and the US versus Europe.
John Maynard Keynes: Mathematician, Investor, and Economist
John Maynard Keynes was an English “economist” who spawned a revolution in economic thinking that emerged out of a cesspool of socialist thinking in Britain.
Ludwig von Mises, Hero
“In 1998, Murray Rothbard wrote a great monograph called Ludwig von Mises: Scholar, Creator, Hero. I’d like to concentrate today on the third of the qualities, Mises as a hero.”
Centralizing Federal Power through Southern Reconstruction
One of the outcomes of the American Civil War was the movement toward centralization of political power in Washington. The Reconstruction regime imposed upon the former Confederate states following the…