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On Friday’s episode of the Peter Schiff Show, Peter connects the dots between military spending, economic coercion, and what he sees as deeper flaws in U.S. monetary and fiscal policy. He warns that the U.S. is depleting physical and financial resources at the same time that the Fed’s structure and tariff politics create perverse incentives. […]

Yesterday Peter joined Fox Business to lay out a stark view of where the U.S. economy is headed and why gold and silver are sending a warning signal. He connects a weakening dollar, rising consumer unease, and runaway deficits to an American-only financial crisis, and urges investors to consider precious metals and mining stocks as […]

Ever since Teddy Roosevelt’s “Great White Fleet” initiative, the United States has striven to hold onto some form of international dominance. The two World Wars gave us a perfect opportunity to rise quickly and re-order world affairs to our fancy. This form of relationship with other countries was a stark departure from the more isolationist […]

While Keynesians and any number of control based economists can provide endless reasons to justify government debt, it has proven to be one of the greatest underlying problems undermining the US’s national integrity. Debt has been a contentious national issue, yet no party or politician has been serious about it enough to do anything significant. […]

Glenn Diesen recently interviewed Peter to discuss the latest political happenings and President Trump’s public criticism of Peter on Truth Social. Peter lays out why Trumponomics, as practiced today, looks a lot like the very policies that caused trouble under the prior administration: big deficits, easy money, and a reliance on the Fed to inflate […]

Another month goes by, and the Fed’s 2% inflation target remains a distant paradise. Even though inflation has actually increased by some metrics, the Fed has nonetheless fired up the money printers, revealing it cares more about political ends than keeping prices stable. The following article was originally published by the Mises Institute. The opinions […]

Peter recently joined Kitco’s Jeremy Szafron to discuss why Fed rate cuts are unlikely to deliver hoped-for relief and may instead accelerate the dollar’s decline. He ties the problem to ballooning deficits, a fragile banking system, and the history of the Federal Reserve, and he closes by pointing out why silver remains undervalued relative to […]

With the Trump administration taking a stake in private companies like Intel, many are hailing the “treat the state like a business” approach to governing. But, just like any intervention, public ownership of the means of production is bound to create perverse incentives and lead to wasteful economic activity. The following article was originally published […]

On Sunday’s episode of the Peter Schiff Show, Peter walks through a recent appellate court ruling on President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs and ties that legal news to broader themes: political incentives around taxation, the fragility of budget narratives that rely on tariff revenue, the danger of politicizing the Federal Reserve, and why fiat-driven policies make […]

After posturing to use tariffs to eliminate income tax, the Trump administration has now shifted to a narrative that they’ll pay off deficits. Both promises are hollow.  Deficits as massive and persistent as ours demand massive Treasury issuance. That means markets have to absorb ever-larger supply, pushing yields higher if demand fails to keep up. […]