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Is Government Intervention the Solution to the Great AI Replacement?

Most careers today have some possibility of being diminished or replaced by artificial intelligence. This has sparked great fears among many citizens and academics that most people will end up without a job and business elites will keep getting richer. They believe that there will be a vast structural surge of unemployment in which the […]

Gov. Fails Crisis Preparedness 101

While the US government has a strong incentive to have its people prepared for war and crisis, it has effectively decreased their preparedness for anytime the world does not go “business as usual.” The state has many peace time initiatives that have actually greatly inhibited the ability of people to sustain themselves when traditional supply […]

Germany’s Painfully Boring Economic Decline

While it’s been known for many years that Germany’s economy is in poor health, the debate about the cause is quite contentious. Some claim that the government should have stepped in earlier while others claim that the government was the problem the whole time. Numerous German governments have tried to tackle this problem, but to […]

​​The Austrian Mindset and the Ambiguous Future

One of the key tenets of Austrian economics is a deep focus on process rather than outcomes. While many other forms of economic or political theory have a stronger emphasis on results, Austrian economics is unique in that it believes that the best results will ultimately arise from the enablement of good processes rather than […]

Schiff’s 2025 Recap: Buy Gold and Silver Now

In his post-Christmas 2025 recap, Peter walks listeners through the latest surge in precious metals and why he thinks now is the moment to act. He lays out a pattern of weekly rallies tied to Asia’s trading hours, contrasts the track record of gold and silver with speculative plays like Bitcoin and MicroStrategy, and warns […]

All Government Action Requires Vision

Political science is a great misnomer that disguises the true nature of the art of ruling. It pretends that politics is an objective science that can be examined using the same boundaries of knowledge as the physical sciences. However, politics bears a great burden that will forever separate it from the natural sciences: it is […]

Coffee Houses and the Free Market of Ideas

While there’s a far greater amount of information accessible to all, there has rarely been a society where different types of people are able to have less discourse with one another. The ability for various groups to advocate for their beliefs in a hostile environment is greatly diminished by the fragmentation allowed by the Internet […]

CFTC CoTs: Managed Money has Lost Control of the Price

Please note: the CoTs report was published 12/23/2025 for the period ending 12/16/2025. “Managed Money” and “Hedge Funds” are used interchangeably. The Commitment of Traders report is a weekly publication that shows the breakdown of ownership in the Futures market. For every contract, there is a long and a short, so the net positioning will […]

How Inflation Turns Housing into an Intergenerational Battleground

Inflationary monetary policy pits Americans against themselves, with those benefitting from rising prices wielding state power to steal from those who bear the brunt of inflation. Nowhere is this clearer than in the housing sector, where decades of inflation essentially require Americans to pay ever-rising prices to get a home. The following article was originally […]

CPI Inflation Cools Amid Falling Oil Prices and Slowing Rents

With the CPI coming in at 2.7% last week– lower than the expected 3.1% – markets rallied at the hope that inflation is being tamed. 2.7% is still nearly a full point higher than the Fed’s 2.0% goal, and this hope is misplaced: the Fed’s latest cuts will only drive inflation higher. The following article […]