Franklin Roosevelt’s Executive Order 6102 made it illegal for citizens to own gold, except in the smallest of quantities. It came to the Supremes in a series of disputes called the Gold Clause Cases. ‘Where…
It’s the Federal Reserve’s money that did the heavy lifting. QE — quantitative easing — put nearly an extra $4 trillion into the markets. The Fed have since returned to cutting rates rather than increasing…
Today, we focus on the money — on Wall Street, not Main Street. More specifically, we look at the rich. Some think great wealth disparity slows economic growth. And many believe that the rich get…
What’s on our mind? President Trump’s self-parody at the Economic Club of New York. Real economic growth has been slower under Trump than Obama. A true picture of the US economy under Donald Trump, shows…
If the Donald announces a victory, stocks are likely to rise. But there is no plausible trade war victory that would boost the value of America’s capital stock appreciably.And the stock market is already at…
History is rarely neat and easy to follow. Neither is economics. The closer you look, the more complicated it gets…and the more you realize you don’t know. In that respect, Saturday marked a great anniversary:…
Publicly, the Fed may be saying that the US economy is ‘in a good place’. But our economists — including our own Joe Withrow and Houston Molnar — and theirs are all looking at the…
We end our series on the Persecution and (political) Assassination of Donald J Trump, as performed by the morons, flimflammers, and bunglers of the deep state. But also, through the open door in front of…
In Part 5 of the Persecution and (political) Assassination of Donald J Trump, as performed by the mental defectives, jackasses, and turpitudinous con artists of the deep state, we finally answer the question: How come…
The House voted yesterday to move ahead with its impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump. The Deep State has gotten everything it wanted. So why are the ingrates at The Donald’s throat?