Could Fractional-Reserve Banking Work With a Gold Standard?
(FEE)—I have a question from Kyle P. for Ask an Economist this week. He wants to know how banking would work ...
Saturday, January 18, 2025
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The Housing Crisis Explained—with Mini Fridges
(FEE)—In a household of four guys, fridge space is what you might call prime real estate. I know this because ...
Don’t Blame Capitalism for Consumerism — Blame the Government
(FEE)—In a free market, the high price of a product is generally a function of supply and demand dynamics rather ...
The ESG Empire Strikes Back Following Bud Light Boycott
The Wall Street Journal ran a deep dive article last week exploring “how Bud Light blew it,” but it somehow missed the most important ...
The Real Reason Beer Companies Are Going Woke
The puns were flowing like wine, or rather, beer, on social media this week when Miller Lite went viral for ...
The Moral Hazard Emerging From the Fed’s Response to the Failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank
Two large regional banks failed within a period of only two days, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on March 10, and ...
How the Modern Monetary Theory Experiment Lost (Badly) to Basic Economics
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) was the “Mumble Rap” of politics and economics in the late 2010s. The theory was incoherent, ...
The Crab Mentality of Anti-Capitalism
If you put a crab inside a bucket, it will crawl out. However, if you put multiple crabs in a ...
Why ‘Just Print More Money’ Was Always a Terrible (and Dangerous) Idea
The government published new inflation data on Tuesday. The results, unfortunately, are more bad news. The Wall Street Journal reports that US inflation ...
Can We Really Divest From Fossil Fuels Without Hurting the Economy?
If you’ve been feeling some pain at the pump in recent weeks, you’re not alone. Gas prices are up around ...
