Jeff Deist on Black Rock and the Repo Crisis
Jeff Deist and David Gornoski talk about some of the recent news and relevant topics such as the buying up of homes by Black Rock; the federal reserve’s connection to …
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Why Keynes Was Wrong about Unemployment
Large-scale unemployment is another name for a surplus in the labor market. Equilibrium is a state which markets will naturally move toward as buyers and sellers look for mutually advantageous …
From Pandemic to Endemic: Living with COVID-19
Our guest is Professor David Heymann, an American physician and epidemiologist based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He has held leading positions at the WHO for …
Why Monetary “Stimulus” Won’t Prevent an Economic Bust
The increase in the growth rate of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has fueled concerns that if the rising trend were to continue the Fed is likely to tighten its …
Why Are Progressives Obsessed with the Transgender Policies at the College of the Ozarks?
Anyone considering going to the very conservative College of the Ozarks knows what he’s getting into. Yet the Biden administration has launched a war on this tiny college in the …
“Supply Bottlenecks” as an Excuse for Inflation
One of the arguments most used by central banks regarding the increase in inflation is that it is because of bottlenecks and that the recovery in demand has created tensions in the …
How Facebook Turned its Market Success Into a Culture War on America
Corporate America—from Facebook to Google to Major League Baseball—got rich by giving the consumers what they want. Now these big firms will use their riches to crush their ideological enemies. …
Price Discovery is Alive and Well in Crypto
“If the market continues to see wild swings based on Elon Musk tweets, it’s going to be a big setback for this asset class,” Matt Maley, chief market strategist for …
Why Corporate Lobbyists and Special Interest Groups Won’t Go Away
Throughout much of human history, a political ruler was often considered to be only as good as his ability to distribute gifts, booty, and other material rewards to his most …
Governments Don’t Hate Gold Because It’s Gold. They Hate It Because It’s Not Fiat Money.
[This article is excerpted from chapter 17 of Human Action.] Men have chosen the precious metals gold and silver for the money service on account of their mineralogical, physical, and …