Artis Shepherd

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Easy Money Breeds Fraud: The Cases of Tricolor and First Brands

11/02/2025 Mises Wire Artis Shepherd

For the past 30 years, the US economy has bounced from one asset bubble to another. The recent Tricolor Holdings and First Brands bankruptcies are just another example of an economy being pumped up by the Federal Reserve.

The Scouring of the American Middle Class

09/15/2025 Mises Wire Artis Shepherd

Inflation is not going away anytime soon, and it is ravaging the American middle class. Unfortunately, no one in Washington is interested in doing what is necessary to reverse this scourge.

What Happened to the Profit and Loss System?

09/04/2025 Mises Wire Artis Shepherd

Profits and losses play an important role in a free market system. However, as government intervenes to protect politically-connected firms from losses, the entire market becomes distorted and less reliable.

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America’s War on Arab Christians

08/06/2025 Artis Shepherd

The recent attack by Israeli setters on the village of Taybeh in the West Bank has brought attention to the conflicts between Israel and the Christian population in Palestine. American Christians who uncritically support Israel should take a harder look at what is happening.

The Bid-Ask Spread in Housing and “Pulte’s Law”

07/09/2025 Artis Shepherd

As the latest housing bubble pops, home sellers are asking for unreal prices for their homes, while buyers are waiting for the prices to fall. Bill Pulte, Trump's Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is demanding the Fed force down interest rates to restart the unsustainable boom.

Commercial Real Estate Is in Trouble

06/19/2025 Ryan McMaken Artis Shepherd

Real estate investor and Mises Institute contributor Artis Shepherd joins Ryan to talk about how our stagnating economy is affecting multifamily housing and other commercial real estate. Banks and investors are using "extend and pretend" tactics to cover up the true state of the industry.

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