The Fed

The boom-bust cycle is not a mystery. Understanding why requires grappling honestly with what the last fifty years produced.

On VRIC Media, Darrell Thomas talks with Jonathan Newman about the real problem behind debt and deficits.

On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Tho, and Connor discuss Fed drama, plummeting consumer sentiment, and how the American economy is becoming increasingly like a casino. 

War should be good for gold, so why is it falling while oil climbs? Mark Thornton explains.

On the Investing News Network with Charlotte McLeod, Dr. Jonathan Newman presents a primer on Austrian economics.

Are rising oil prices responsible for inflation? While some economists and many in the media make that connection, the reality is much different. Inflation occurs because of expansion of the money supply.

Gold and silver whip around with war and liquidity stress, while the Fed quietly rolls out “emergency” support. Mark Thornton explains what’s driving the moves.

Mark Thornton explains the gold and silver selloff.

Drawing on Rothbard's writings on money and central banking, Murray Sabrin makes the case that inflation is a hidden tax, the Federal Reserve is neither independent nor beneficial, and that ending central banking is the unfinished business of the American Revolution.

Critics of capitalism claim that free markets funnel wealth unjustly to the top earners. Yet, as we observe the Cantillon Effects, we can see the role of Federal Reserve policies in enriching the few at the expense of the many.