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Trump’s Justice Dept. Launches Criminal Probe against the Fed’s Powell

2026-01-14

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2026-01-14

This feud is little more than two factions within the Federal government fighting over how exactly to use the Fed’s many powers to inflate, exploit, and help fund an ever expanding federal government.

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Powell Should Be A Great American Villain. DC Will Make Him a Hero

2026-01-14

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2026-01-14

The current Washington tiff between Donald Trump and Jerome Powell is being reframed as Powell heroically defending the Fed’s “independence.” In truth, the Fed has always done the administration’s dirty work and pursued inflation when it might temporarily boost the economy.

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Trump Wants $500 Billion More for the Pentagon As Deficits Mount

2026-01-14

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2026-01-14

Trump says he wants to spend half a trillion more dollars on military spending, even as federal spending persists at Biden-Era levels and interest on the debt climbs ever upward.

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The Central Banking Establishment Is Genuinely Worried About Trump, but Not for the Reasons They Say

2026-01-14

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2026-01-14

Central bankers don’t fear Trump “politicizing” the Fed. They fear he’ll expose it already is.

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Our Broken Healthcare Insurance System: A Physician’s Perspective From the Front Lines

2026-01-14

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2026-01-14

Thanks for government intervention, the US healthcare system has been breaking down. Unfortunately, with each healthcare setback, the prescription is for more intervention, which triggers even more crises.

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Germany Joins Canada, Sweden, and Other Nations in Sending Troops to Greenland as Trump Threats Intensify

2026-01-14

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2026-01-14

"They are part of a group from several allied countries. Together, they will prepare for upcoming elements within the framework of the Danish exercise Operation Arctic Endurance."

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Japan’s 10-yr bond yield rises to highest since 1999, raising risks for US Treasurys

2026-01-14

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2026-01-14

Rising yields (highest since 1999) could force Japan to sell US Treasurys to service its own debt. This would then fuel higher interest rates for US debt as well.

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Trump pauses 50-year mortgage plan, eyes 401(k)s for down payments

2026-01-14

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2026-01-14

Trump has abandoned the 50-year mortgage scheme, after most people figured out it mostly helps bankers at the expense of ordinary people.

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Trump Creates His Own Version of QE with New Fannie/Freddie MBS Purchases

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Multifamily Delinquencies Rise Again, Hit New Post-Great Recession High

2026-01-14

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2026-01-14

Freddie Mac’s delinquency report for multifamily properties shows delinquencies above the Great-Recession peak.

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Inequality Is Bad. The Solution Is Not Government Intervention

2026-01-14

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2026-01-14

The 2025 G20 Global Inequality Report was a timely attempt to address inequality. However, one must be critically aware that government intervention could render matters worse.

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Making Imperialism Great Again?

2026-01-14

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2026-01-14

Continued betrayal by President Trump of his no more regime change wars pledge will cause the president and the Republicans to lose support among younger voters.

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The Central Banking Establishment Is Genuinely Worried About Trump, but Not for the Reasons They Say

2026-01-13

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2026-01-13

Central bankers are not afraid Trump will “politicize” the Fed and turn it into a crony arm of the government that warps the economy to benefit those close to power. They’re afraid his blind inflationism and lack of subtlety will make it impossible to hide the fact that it already is.

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Powell Should Be A Great American Villain. DC Will Make Him a Hero

2026-01-13

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2026-01-13

The current Washington tiff between Donald Trump and Jerome Powell is being reframed as Powell heroically defending the Fed’s “independence.” In truth, the Fed has always done the administration’s dirty work and pursued inflation when it might temporarily boost the economy.

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The American Revolution and Classical Liberalism

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"America, above all countries, was born in an explicitly libertarian revolution, a revolution against empire; against taxation, trade monopoly, and regulation; and against militarism and executive power."

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The American Revolution and Classical Liberalism

2026-01-13

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2026-01-13

"America, above all countries, was born in an explicitly libertarian revolution, a revolution against empire; against taxation, trade monopoly, and regulation; and against militarism and executive power."

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The Republicans’ Conservatism Is about Defending the Status Quo

2026-01-13

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2026-01-13

Conservatives may protest at first, but ultimately, they bring up the progressive rear to defend, and indeed celebrate, the new status quo.

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The Question: A MAGA Mea Culpa

2026-01-13

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2026-01-13

When it comes to supporting the Trump administration, there is room for some honest self-reflection: What did I know and when did I know it?

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Cheap Credit Doesn’t Create Economic Growth – It Makes Us Poorer

2026-01-13

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2026-01-13

Net Present Value (NPV) is a popular decision-making criteria used by firms to make key, crucial choices about how to allocate resources across an economy, but this can be misleading especially when interest rates are manipulated via inflation.

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Is Trump Unleashing a War for Oil?

2026-01-12

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2026-01-12

When Hugo Chavez nationalized Venezuela’s oil industry and created a huge welfare state funded by declining oil revenues, he unleashed huge social problems that have reduced the nation to poverty. The Trump administration’s recent actions against Venezuela will make things much worse.

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