Zach Carter on the Real Story of Weimar Hyper...

Every year, regional Federal Reserve banks host some of the most substantive — and under-the-radar — events in the central banking world: research conferences. Behind the formal papers and dense macro models, this is where much of the Fed’s intellectual groundwork for monetary po ...  Afficher plus

When the Odd Lots team was down in Washington DC earlier this year, we had a phenomenal meal at a restaurant called Butterworth's. As it turns out, the restaurant is one of the hottest hangouts for the MAGA crowd, with Steve Bannon and others frequently seen in its dining room. O ...  Afficher plus

Inflation is at an 11-year high--what's causing it!

How do we solve it, and how does it effect us (and our bank accounts)? John Cochrane, "The Grumpy Economist" joins to discuss. 

Plus: Hyperinflation . . . via the French Revolution!

What do you do when an economy is struggling? If you’re a policymaker, a politician, or a central banker, you develop a stimulus package. That’s the term we examine in today’s episode. It’s the inside story of one of the biggest stimulus packages in history, to find out how it wa ...  Afficher plus

A shockingly high reading in the consumer price index landed with a bang in markets this week. Zachary Griffiths, a macro strategist with Wells Fargo, joined the “What Goes Up” podcast to discuss what inflation pressures he’s got his eye on and why he doesn’t think the latest num ...  Afficher plus

Inflation is here, but not for the reasons you think it's here. THIS is what happens when you print trillions of dollars and start chucking it at a failing economy. What's the one thing that's killed more people than anything else? Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. The greate ...