U.S. Economy

We now live in a fundamentally altered landscape where old certainties no longer confer fitness.

A historic metals shakeout, a simple “stacking plan,” and a bigger question: how do you stay independent when the system punishes savers?

If one man may legally own another, then he should likewise have the right to disown this property. To deny this right by law involves simultaneously affirming the right of one human to own another as his property but not the right to stop owning another human.

If one man may legally own another, then he should likewise have the right to disown this property. To deny this right by law involves simultaneously affirming the right of one human to own another as his property but not the right to stop owning another human.

Joshua Mawhorter joins Ryan and Connor to talk about the dueling Superbowl Halftime Shows, the latest jobs report, and Trump’s deadly and counterproductive deportation operation in Minnesota.

There is a reason why economic freedom also results in a better life for all, and Austrian economists know that better than anyone else.

President Trump’s recent remarks that he wants to keep housing prices artificially high to protect the “wealth” built into people’s homes ignores the economic dislocation that occurs because these policies require inflating the money supply.

A “defense” surge, no audit, and mountains of debt. Welcome to the national security state.

Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute and Christopher Calton of the Independent Institute talk about why politicians want higher home prices. Even Trump now admits he wants higher home prices, and it's because older voters want their asset prices to go up forever.

The Trump administration (like the Biden White House before it) insists that it has inflation under control, pointing to the CPI. However, other informal measures show inflation to be much higher than the CPI claims.