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The division of labor and specialization in the free market are responsible for the vast wealth the developed world has accumulated over the last two centuries. With monetary and fiscal threats to the market at every political corner, it’s worth revisiting why the market– and the competition that drives it– is so important.
While the upcoming election has people discussing policy, and economic policy in particular, we rarely ask the question of whether we need economic policy in general. I’m being facetious here, however, the reach of economic policy that we employ and are attempting to enact in the future must be questioned. Rather than questioning any specific […]
True economic growth doesn’t come from inflation or regulation but from entrepreneurs who cut costs and drive industries forward. But as inflation quietly eats away, those who get the new money first enjoy a temporary gain, while everyone else suffers from rising prices and shrinking buying power.
In this week’s Friday Gold Wrap Podcast, JD and Joel discuss why gold is down today, why the Fed could replay 2008, and other market and precious metals news.
In this week’s Friday Gold Wrap Podcast, JD and Joel discuss why gold is down this week, soaring tech stocks and plummeting gold stocks, and other market and precious metals news.
Inflation was running rampant for months before the Federal Reserve launched its inflation fight. As you’ll recall, we were told over and over again that inflation was transitory. But now that the central bank is on the job, most people are confident Powell and Company can get rising prices back under control. Perhaps they shouldn’t […]
Mostly we get lies, spin and obfuscation from central bankers, politicians and bureaucrats. But every once in a while, one of these people accidentally wanders into the truth. IMF Director Kristalina Georgieva did just that during a recent panel discussion hosted by CNBC. She conceded that central banks globally “printed too much money and didn’t […]
