The Fed Is Insolvent, and That’s a Bad Thing
On this first episode of the Fed Watch Podcast, Ryan McMaken and Senior Fellow Alex Pollock talk about how the Federal Reserve has negative cash flow. The Fed will print money to "solve" the problem. Be sure to follow the Fed
Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters: The Supreme Court Gets Concrete
Walter Olson In Glacier Northwest, Inc., v. Teamsters, decided today, the Supreme Court showed a good measure of consensus and civility in settling a potentially contentious issue in labor law: whether a company is entitled to sue a union that has so arranged its strike
Nearly a Third of Gen Z Favors the Government Installing Surveillance Cameras in Homes
Emily Ekins and Jordan Gygi George Orwell’s 1984 is one of our society’s most frequently referenced illustrations of what life would be
The Attack on the Western Tradition
[This article is adapted from a lecture delivered at the Reno Mises Circle in Reno, Nevada. on May 20, 2023.] We are faced today with a concentrated attack on the great thinkers of the Western tradition, who are dismissed as “dead
Government Redistribution Is the REAL Trickle-Down Economics
President Biden recently claimed that "trickle-down economics" doesn't work but transferring wealth from taxpayers to politically connected people is the real trickle-down economics. Original Article: "Government Redistribution Is the REAL Trickle-Down Economics"
A Rothbardian History of the United States
In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop take a revisionist Rothbardian lens to American history. Was the American revolution a good thing? Was Andrew Jackson better than Thomas Jefferson? Does a historical narrative really matter? Tune
The Real Costs of Government Spending
In this episode of Good Money, Tho Bishop is joined by Dr. Jonathan Newman to discuss the real costs of government spending. The end of the debt ceiling battle has resulted in the predictable outcome of normalizing the fiscal insanity
Can We Understand AI? A Response to Jordan Peterson’s Podcast
Like snobby teenagers claim of themselves, many say that “nobody understands artificial intelligence (AI).” For example, in a recent interview between Jordan Peterson and Brian Roemmele about ChatGPT, Jordan Peterson claimed that “The system is too complex to model” and
Krugman Misses the Mark on CBDCs—Again
Norbert Michel and Nicholas Anthony This April Forbes column describes why central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are a fundamental issue related to Americans’ freedom and much bigger than just politics. It argues that New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, famous for being
Brookings Paper Is Not Concrete Evidence That a “Hard Landing” of the Economy Is Inevitable
Norbert Michel and Jai Kedia Last week at Brookings, Ben Bernanke, former Fed chair, and Olivier Blanchard, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, released an empirical study of the inflationary episode that followed the COVID-19 government shutdowns. According to