Interviews

MMT champion Warren Mosler claims that Fed rate hikes lead to larger government interest expenses and hence support economic growth and inflation. Bob presents both theoretical and empirical evidence against Mosler's claims.

The Mises Institute's Executive Editor Ryan McMaken joins Bob to discuss his latest article, in which Ryan spells out the state of the M2 money supply and possible implications for consumer prices and an impending recession.

Patrick Newman joins Bob to discuss a recent tweet from Stephanie Kelton, which argued that the government's "red ink makes our black ink possible."

Ryan and Robert Aro take a look at the Fed's unconvincing explanation of why it has chickened out on interest rate hikes

John Klyczek joins Michael on the first episode of REKT. They discuss the roots of public (and state-sanctioned private) education, the globalist organizations behind the stakeholder capitalism regime, and the making of "global citizens."

University of Rochester economist Steve Landsburg joins Bob to discuss the abysmal performance of ChatGPT on his undergraduate exam.

Can prices be "wrong" (i.e. in disequilibrium) if they are "sticky?" Jonathan Newman joins Bob to discuss. 

Per Bylund joins Bob to discuss his new paper at the QJAE, which points out several flaws in the MMT claim that money is valued in order to pay taxes.

Ryan McMaken and Alex Pollock talk about the Fed's negative cash flow.

Heritage Fellow Peter St. Onge joins Bob to set the record straight on several popular talking points about the debt ceiling.