by Dan Mitchell | Oct 19, 2025 | Blogs, Economics
Back in 2022, I wrote a column about how major central banks had caused prices to spike by engaging in reckless monetary policy. I included charts showing massive expansions of central bank balance sheets by the U.S. Federal Reserve,...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 29, 2025 | Blogs, Economics
Earlier this month, shortly after some depressing results in a regional election in Argentina, I was interviewed by Patrick Young. In this clip, I express concern Argentine voters will backslide to Peronism. As one might expect, some people are...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 20, 2025 | Blogs, Monetary Policy
I have been very critical of the Federal Reserve. For a long time. The central bank has give us more than one hundred years of boom-and-bust monetary policy. And to make matters worse, the booms are false and the busts are real. Yet no...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 8, 2024 | Blogs, Monetary Policy
Why did Donald Trump win on Tuesday? There are lots of theories, but I think this chart played a big role. It shows how the Federal Reserve dramatically expanded its balance sheet in 2020 and 2021. In other words, the Fed created a bunch of new money....
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 10, 2024 | Blogs, Economics
Why do politicians such as Donald Trump and Kamala Harris show no interest in fixing Social Security and other entitlement programs? The answer is “public choice.” They are focused on maximizing votes and power in the short run...
