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Posted: Mon. April 17, 2023, 12:56pm PT

With commercial banks exposed by the recent bailouts, Americans question whether “their money” is truly safe despite the promises of FDIC insurance. Jeff Deist and Independent Institute Research Fellow Robert Murphy walk through the mechanics of how a full reserve bank could work in a truly free market based on the concepts and taxonomy of Mises’s Theory of Money and Credit.

Posted: Mon. April 17, 2023, 12:52pm PT

Jeff Deist and Independent Institute Research Fellow Robert Murphy discuss the extraordinary actions by the Fed to address the meltdown of Silicon Valley Bank. Did the central bank break the law by effectively authorizing unsecured loans to banks based on the face value—rather than significantly lower market value—of those banks’ Treasury holdings?

Posted: Fri. April 14, 2023, 9:53pm PT

Dr. Atlas talks with Brown University economist and social scientist Dr. Glenn Loury about race, cancel culture, and where the country goes from here.

Posted: Wed. April 12, 2023, 4:14pm PT

March CPI data was released on Wednesday, April 12, and inflation in the U.S. has declined to 5%. Steve Hanke, Professor of Applied Economics explains why inflation has been coming down and will continue to edge lower.

Posted: Wed. April 12, 2023, 9:42am PT

Sr. Fellow Judy Shelton is interviewed on Fox Business Network's Making Money with Charles Payne. She discusses the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and says the Federal Reserve has its own problems so it's not surprising oversight of Silicon Valley Bank was lax. She also gives her opinion of what the Fed should do now about interest rates.

Posted: Tue. April 11, 2023, 4:17pm PT

Where does Steve Hanke see inflation headed from here? To find out, as well as hear his latest outlook on Fed policy, the US dollar, recession risk and the markets, Wealthnation welcomes back Steve Hanke professor, of applied economics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Posted: Tue. April 11, 2023, 11:25am PT

Independent Institute Chairman and CEO Mary L. G. Theroux is interviewed on the Vernuccio/Novak Report. Cities and states can address the homelessness issue and it's been proven to work in San Antonio’s Haven for Hope, as shown in the film Beyond Homeless: Finding Hope. The federal “Housing First” policy is not working. Providing temporary shelter is not a strategic plan to address individual needs for recovery and life skills training.

Posted: Wed. April 5, 2023, 4:09pm PT

Sr. Fellow Randall Holcombe, author of Liberty in Peril, sees threats to four reedom, but in general, he says, we are more free than just a generation ago. We have more choices. Tax rates are lower. People can easily move to states where they are even more free, but what are the threats to our freedoms? Holcombe recently wrote an article “Capitalism!” which explains why it is the greatest system to lift people out of poverty.