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The Myth of Aggregate Demand: What Really Causes Recessions

As warnings flash about the state of the economy, the Keynesians are out in full force to declare that falling aggregate demand is what causes recessions. The Austrian school can set the record straight. The following article was originally published by the Mises Institute. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Peter Schiff […]

Fed Governor Waller Calls for More Easing as Inflation Persists  

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller told the Society of Professional Economists in London Monday night that he backs another 25-basis-point cut at the December FOMC meeting, calling the move “additional insurance” against a slowing labor market. His speech, delivered barely a month after a 43-day U.S. government shutdown halted many official releases, leaned heavily on […]

Racing Toward the Monetary Cliff: How Endless Money Printing Dooms the Economy

Last week was a revealing one for the economy, with turbulence on Wall Street and abysmally low consumer sentiment data coming in Friday. These are only the most visible signs of decades of government tinkering in the economy. With central banking, regulation, and extreme taxation plaguing the economy, the only possible outcome is economic collapse. […]

Peter Schiff: The Economy is Ice Cold

Peter opens this episode by walking listeners through what he sees as two diverging monetary stories: gold’s quiet march higher after a period of consolidation, and Bitcoin’s fragile plumbing that could amplify losses when the market turns. He frames these trends as a test of sound money versus speculative credit structures, and he ties the […]

When Bureaucracy—Not Capitalism—Creates Meaningless Work

Regulation is already pernicious enough in its stifling effect on economic activity and entrepreneurship, but as regulations and bureaucratic control extend throughout the economy, they also cause the proliferation of “fake jobs” and promote lower job satisfaction for workers. The following article was originally published by the Mises Institute. The opinions expressed do not necessarily […]

The Fed Doubles Down on Easy Money: Rate Cuts Deepen as QT Comes to a Halt

To the relief of many market-movers, last week the FOMC voted to cut rates for the second time this year and announced that the Fed will begin maintaining its balance sheet starting in December. With this return to easy-money, Powell and the Fed are again attempting to paper over economic fault-lines created by their own […]

Schiff w/ David Lin: Gold is the Canary in the Coal Mine

Last week, Peter joined David Lin to discuss recent action in markets and politics. He starts by explaining why the global rush into gold is not a speculative fad but a structural shift in the monetary system. He then lays out the market evidence, the historical context, and the fiscal realities that, in his view, […]

Schiff on the Latest Rate Cut: Powell Should Listen to Greenspan

Peter joined Fox Business on Wednesday to comment on the Fed’s newest rate cut and analyze the central bank’s precarious position going into the holidays. As with the last rate cut, Peter criticizes loosening monetary policy when inflation is far from under control, and he explains why the bond market isn’t going to play nice […]

Peter Schiff: Gold’s Breakout Is Just Getting Started

On Friday’s episode of The Peter Schiff Show, Peter examines gold’s recent push through $4,000 and what it signals about inflation, the Fed, and market psychology. He walks through how the financial press misreads precious-metals flows, parses the latest CPI (Consumer Price Index) data, and connects rising prices to policy failures — then calls out […]

The Slow Death of the Middle Class: Inflation’s Silent Stranglehold

All taxes make their payers worse off, but one stands above the others in its uniquely sinister nature. Inflation – the slow, subtle erosion of purchasing power– is the tax that kills the middle class. The following article was originally published by the Mises Institute. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Peter […]