With commercial banks exposed by the recent bailouts, Americans question whether “their money” is truly safe despite the promises of FDIC insurance.
Jeff and Bob walk through the mechanics of how a full reserve bank could work in a truly free market based on the concepts and taxonomy of Mises’s Theory of Money and Credit.
Mises’s A Theory of Money and Credit: Mises.org/TMC
Bob’s study guide to A Theory of Money and Credit: Mises.org/HAP388a
John Cochran, ‘The Safest Bank the Fed Won’t Sanction’: Mises.org/HAP388b

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This past weekend saw extraordinary actions by the Fed to address the meltdown of Silicon Valley Bank. Did the central bank break the law by effectively authorizing unsecured loans to banks based on the face value—rather than significantly lower market value—of those banks’ Treasury holdings?
Bob’s study guide to A Theory of Money and Credit: Mises.org/HAP387a
Jeff on the Fed as the ultimate bank: Mises.org/HAP387b

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Progressives view all aspects of human life as a struggle against forces of oppression. Earlier this week on BBC, Professor Mariana Mazzucato suggested governments across the West should simply print money not only to help Ukraine, but also to finance other "wars" against climate change, inequality, and more. Should national treasuries essentially adopt a permanent wartime footing and print far more money, as Mazzucato and Warren Mosler recommend?  Hint: Jeff and Bob say "No."

Jeff’s article "A Permanent Wartime Economy": Mises.org/HAP386a
Bob’s debate with Warren Mosler: Mises.org/HAP386b
Bob’s article in The American Conservative on the Greenbacker movement: Mises.org/386c

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With global worldwide debt now over $300 trillion and interest rates rising, the US dollar is once again a relative safe haven in a slowing economy. Currencies competing with the Dollar face a deadly race to stave off a sovereign debt crisis. Is the dollar now unbound, as the dominant political tool of the dominant nation?
The Dollar Milkshake Theory: Mises.org/HAP385a
Thorsten Polleit, The Global Currency Plot: Mises.org/HAP385b
Bob’s book, Understanding Money Mechanics: Mises.org/Mechanics

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With Yale economics professor Yusuke Narita suggesting mass suicide—seppuku—as the answer to Japan’s rapidly aging demographics, Jeff and Bob take a hard look at the economics and humanity of greying America.
Richard Hanania, "Gerontocracy Versus Western Civilization": Mises.org/HAP383a
Bob on opting out of Social Security: Mises.org/HAP383b

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Bob and Jeff make their provocative 2023 predictions for the economy, the Fed, politics, world events, and cultural issues.

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