U.S. Economy
Disappointing News
The inflation news from the Federal Reserve is once again disappointing.
Let’s Be Honest: The Economy Is NOT Doing Well
Despite the usual cheerleading from the Biden-supporting mainstream media and academic economists, the US economy is in trouble, and everything Biden is doing makes things worse. Harder times are coming.
Is Gold Overpriced or Can Its Price Go Even Higher?
This question has been at the center of a great many conversations I’ve been recently having with clients and friends.
CNN Is Wrong. Deflation Is a Good Thing
A recent CNN broadcast claimed that deflation was bad for the economy and that we need to adjust to higher prices. As usual, the journalistic “experts” got it backward.
Understanding the History of African Slavery: The Europeans Were not the Only Slave Traders
While modern academic and media culture portray black Africans as victims only of Europeans, the history of the African slave trade is much more complicated than historians and journalists want us to believe.
Chokepoints
What happens when war shuts down the Strait of Hormuz? What about the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal, and Baltimore harbor?
Are American Libertarians Unduly Pessimistic?
Nick Gillespie joins Bob to make the case that American Libertarians are too pessimistic.
Artificially Low Interest Rates Are Creating Economic Chaos
In this review of Edward Chancellor’s The Price of Time, Joakim Book notes that a market economy cannot function correctly when central bankers manipulate interest rates.
CNN Is Wrong. Deflation Is a Good Thing
A recent CNN broadcast claimed that deflation was bad for the economy and that we need to adjust to higher prices. As usual, the journalistic “experts” got it backward.