by Andrew Moran | Jun 1, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Trump Administration
Would President Donald Trump’s recent Federal Reserve nominees lead the Mises wing of the Libertarian Party? No. Have his picks been interesting to say the least? Yes. Though far from being reincarnations of Murray Rothbard or disciples of Walter Block, the last...
by Andrew Moran | Dec 21, 2018 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Taxes
The Federal Reserve did it. The central bank defied President Donald Trump’s public statements and tweets, and pulled the trigger on a December rate hike, raising interest rates 25 basis points to a target range of 2.25% and 2.50%. Fed Chair Jerome Powell and the...
by Andrew Moran | Dec 19, 2018 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Taxes
When the financial markets bottomed out about a decade ago, Wall Street looked like the iconic scene from Gone With the Wind when the camera panned back to show thousands of bodies – dead and wounded – at the burning of Atlanta. The economic collapse was a bloodbath...
by Andrew Moran | Dec 10, 2018 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Taxes
Subprime lending was one of the chief instruments that brought down the U.S. economy a decade ago. Too many with low incomes, bad credit, and few assets borrowed more than they could afford to buy that dream house, which was then used as an ATM to fund lavish...
by Liberty Nation Authors | Aug 24, 2018 | Liberty Nation TV, Politics, VIDEO
On Liberty Nation’s Truth TV: The Cohen problem, ICE takes charge, interest rate hikes, Nazis, and much more.