Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLet’s Replace Labor Day With Entrepreneur Day – Ep 729
* Grover Cleveland was really a libertarian and one of our greatest presidents.
* The populist movement lead to Labor Day and ultimately in …
4 years, 6 months ago
Summer Data Swoon Puts Fall Taper in Doubt – Ep 728
* Jobs numbers disappoint expectations, but Biden brags.
* Inflation expectations highest since just before 2008 financial crisis.
* AOC p…
4 years, 6 months ago
Tapering the Taper Talk – Ep 727
* Powell offers no clues on taper timetable.
* Powell vows to keep interest rates low until QE is finished.
* Powel blames price increases…
4 years, 7 months ago
Less Loose Is Not Tight – Ep 726
* Fed will talk about tapering until it can use Delta as an excuse not to.
* Bitcoin is irrelevant to monetary policy.
* Accepting Bitcoin…
4 years, 7 months ago
Stimulus Even Harder to Exit Than Afghanistan – Ep 725
* Markets spooked by CNBC interview with Boston Fed President.
* Higher inflation leads to more poverty and a wider wealth gap.
* Food sta…
4 years, 7 months ago
Fifty Years of Fiat Failure – Ep 724
* Rising costs increasing producer pricing.
* US home prices rising at fastest pace in history while affordability hits record low.
* Trad…
4 years, 7 months ago
Larger Deficits Mean Higher Inflation – Ep 723
* Gold reacts counterintuitively to inflation fears.
* Fed changes the definition of transitory inflation.
* Q2 Productivity numbers disap…
4 years, 7 months ago
Markets Move on Fantasy, Ignore Reality – Ep 722
* Wall Street trading on “garbage in, garbage out” algorithm.
* Another month, another record trade deficit.
* Moratorium on student loan …
4 years, 7 months ago
Central Banks Have Inflated the Mother of All Bubbles – Ep 721
* Jack Dorsey’s Square acquires Afterpay in largest corporate takeover in Australian history.
* Activision discriminates against Republicans…
4 years, 7 months ago
Inflation: Stealth Default, Fake Growth – Ep 720
* Inflation creating illusion of economic growth.
* Oil prices go up, but energy stocks get beat up.
* Fed won’t wage a war on inflation, …
4 years, 7 months ago