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February 19, 2026 Interviews

Peter Schiff: Subsidies Don’t Help Affordability

On Fat Tuesday’s episode of The Peter Schiff Show, Peter walks listeners through a simple but underappreciated truth: government subsidies distort prices and consumer behavior. He uses a recent push to limit what SNAP recipients can buy as a launching point to explain how subsidies raise costs across sectors — from junk food to college […]

February 19, 2026 Interviews

Schiff on Land Development Podcast: Gold Is the Real Digital Asset

Peter joins the Land Development Podcast to walk through why gold still matters as money, how the Fed’s policy choices and the dollar’s decline will squeeze consumers, and why housing and credit are primed to reprice. He also lays out why tokenized, “digital” gold is finally getting attention from the crypto crowd and offers concrete […]

February 13, 2026 Guest Commentaries

The Cost of Living: Fueled by Excess Credit, Not Scarcity

With Washington decrying the so-called “Affordability Crisis,” it’s worth remembering that rhetoric around affordability– or, in Spain’s case, housing– isn’t benevolent or even neutral. In both countries, the problem isn’t lack of credit, corporate greed, or giant corporations buying homes. It’s the continual debasement of money and relentless intervention in housing markets. The following article […]

February 12, 2026 Interviews Original Analysis

Schiff w/ Horowitz: Gold Is Being Targeted

Last week, in his second recent interview with Daniel Horowitz, Peter lays out a broad critique of today’s economic policy and market behavior. He centers the conversation on what he sees as a coordinated attempt to suppress precious metals, then ties that theme to the bigger-picture issues of stagflation, dollar debasement, tariffs, shifting debt strategy, […]

December 26, 2025 Guest Commentaries

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 […]

December 12, 2025 Guest Commentaries

The Economics of Affordability: Why Government Can’t Make Life Cheaper

Politicians on both sides have found a new mantra to address concerns about the economy: “affordability.” Economics shows us how these same politicians are responsible for inflation, taxation, and regulation– three forces that inevitably make goods and services less affordable. The following article was originally published by the Mises Institute. The opinions expressed do not […]

November 20, 2025 Original Analysis

50-Year Mortgages Are A Trap

With the Trump administration increasingly desperate to create any illusion of prosperity, a new proposal was introduced to create federally-backed 50-year mortgages to make housing “more affordable.” The plan promises lower monthly payments that Trump says would open the door to millions of would-be buyers priced out of the current market.  But as ultra-long term […]