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California economist and resident/victim William Anderson joins us to talk about the absurdity of California’s bullet train plan, and how it ignores economic realities.
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California economist and resident/victim William Anderson joins us to talk about the absurdity of California’s bullet train plan, and how it ignores economic realities.
Like presidents before him, Donald Trump is using the IRS as a weapon against organizations he doesn‘t like. Richard Nixon did the same thing—and...
Lately, James Lindsay has burned much of his credibility in attacking largely non-interventionist right-wingers as “Woke Right.”
The Fed is now hemmed in by a rising risk of stagflation. It doesn‘t know where the economy is headed, or is unwilling to...
The more things change, the more they remain the same. In our present age of inflation, we are reminded of how Diocletian and other...
The Fed is desperate for you to think that “this time is different.” Unfortunately, Powell can’t seem to come up with explanation of why...
The Fed’s specialty is propaganda through data, with a long record of failure. This is by design. Their communication tools must work in overtime,...
Banking systems around the world have huge effects on our lives, yet few people understand how banks work. Worse yet, even fewer understand the...
After Trump narrowly escaped another assassination attempt, the establishment seems uninterested in the motives of the would-be shooter. Perhaps that’s because he’s echoing the...
With this latest policy turn, the evidence continues to mount that Milei is more a typical conservative or “rightist” than he is a free-market...
Both economists and laypeople carelessly refer to interest rates as the “price” of money. As Austrian economists have pointed out, however, interest is what...