Always and everywhere, the regime loots productive members of society to benefit corporate cronies, interest groups, and key voting blocs. The result is taxes, inflation, regulation, and war. The Loot and Lobby Podcast takes a closer look at how this happens, and who’s on the losing side.

Loot and Lobby

The Fed promises a soft landing, but the fact that the Fed now plans to start cutting interest rates is one of the strongest recession signals we can get.

Be sure to follow the Loot and Lobby Podcast at Mises.org/LL

Loot & Lobby

Powell: More Easy Money Is Coming Soon

The US will add another $2 trillion to the total debt this year, and the US is now spending a trillion of your dollars on interest per year. There is no end in sight.

Be sure to follow the Loot and Lobby Podcast at Mises.org/LL

Feds’ Runaway Deficits Are Here to Stay

We already knew recent jobs reports—as far as the establishment survey is concerned, was based largely on made up numbers.

Be sure to follow the Loot and Lobby Podcast at Mises.org/LL

Federal Jobs Report Slices Total Jobs in New Revision

Price inflation is never caused by greed. It's always caused by a growing money supply. The money supply has grown big-time since 2020, and now we pay a lot more for food and housing.

Be sure to follow the Loot & Lobby podcast at https://Mises.org/LL

Rising Prices Are Caused by Monetary Inflation, Not Greed

The total number of employed persons has fallen by 66,000 since August of 2023. Moreover, the new job growth is almost all in part-time jobs.

Be sure to follow the Loot & Lobby podcast at https://Mises.org/LL

America Now Has Fewer Employed Workers than It Did a Year Ago

The Fed is desperate for you to think that "this time is different." Unfortunately, Powell can't seem to come up with explanation of why that is the case.

Be sure to follow the Loot & Lobby podcast at https://Mises.org/LL

The Fed Hits the Panic Button

September’s job numbers were driven by big increases in government jobs and part-time work.

Be sure to follow the Loot & Lobby podcast at https://Mises.org/LL

What the New Jobs Report Really Says

In August, the money supply grew at the fastest rate in 23 months. The Fed fears a recession, so we can now expect even more monetary growth.

For graphs and more, read https://mises.org/mises-wire/money-supply-growth-hit-23-month-high-and-fed-wants-more

Be sure to follow the Loot & Lobby podcast at https://Mises.org/LL

Why the Money Supply Is Growing Again

The two-percent price inflation target is just a political slogan, and the Fed has many ways of ignoring its supposed two-percent target.

Be sure to follow the Loot & Lobby podcast at https://Mises.org/LL

The Fed's Two-Percent Inflation Target Is Meaningless

Trump’s tax reform just replaces one tax with another. And would probably result in higher taxes. 

Be sure to follow the Loot and Lobby podcast at Mises.org/LL

The Problem with Trump’s Pro-Tariff “Tax Reform”

The Fed claims things are going very well, but Fed Chairman Jerome Powell got three questions at the press conference that he had trouble answering honestly.

Be sure to follow the Loot and Lobby podcast at https://Mises.org/LL

3 Tough Questions for the Fed at Thursday’s FOMC Presser

The Fed wants independence so it can serve the interests of the banker class. There is no higher principle here. There is only power.

Be sure to follow the Loot and Lobby podcast at https://Mises.org/LL

Congress Should Fire Jerome Powell

Even if whole regions of the country vote overwhelmingly against a president, they are still forced to submit to four years of that president’s rule-by-decree.

Be sure to follow the Loot and Lobby podcast at https://Mises.org/LL

Why "Majority Rule" Doesn't Work

Since 1956, few presidential candidates have managed to get more than 51 percent of the vote in national elections.

Be sure to follow the Loot and Lobby podcast at https://Mises.org/LL

Presidential Elections Are a Lot Closer than You Think

One does not need to be an advocate of open borders to have concerns when one hears about a federal law enforcement agency engaging in a “crackdown.”

See also "A Free-Market Guide to Trump’s Immigration Crackdown" at https://mises.org/mises-wire/free-market-guide-trumps-immigration-crackdown

Be sure to follow the Loot and Lobby podcast at https://Mises.org/LL

Trump’s Immigration Plans: The Good and the Bad

If you thought federal deficits and spending would go back to normal after the covid panic, you were wrong. If anything, deficits are now on track to be bigger than the covid years.

Be sure to follow the Loot and Lobby podcast at https://Mises.org/LL

2025’s Federal Deficit May Be the Biggest Ever

In the 1870s and 1880s, and through the 1920s, it's clear that many legislators and judges did not agree that birthright citizenship applied to everyone born in the borders of the US. The modern interpretation is highly debatable.

Additional Reading

"Why the World Is Giving Up on Birthright Citizenship" by Ryan McMaken: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-world-giving-birthright-citizenship

“Why Birthright Citizenship Is Rare In Europe” by Ryan McMaken: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-birthright-citizenship-rare-europe

“Don’t Confuse Immigration with Naturalization“ by Ryan McMaken: https://mises.org/mises-wire/dont-confuse-immigration-naturalization

“The Problem with the Arbitrary Line between Legal and Illegal Immigration“ by Ryan McMaken: https://mises.org/power-market/problem-arbitrary-line-between-legal-and-illegal-immigration

Be sure to follow the Loot and Lobby podcast at https://Mises.org/LL

The Problem with "Birthright Citizenship"

Europe has no countries that offer “birthright citizenship” anymore. The US and Canada are rare exceptions. Most countries that still have it are countries with net out-migration like Mexico.

Additional Reading

“Birthright Citizenship Isn’t Real” by Ryan McMaken: https://mises.org/power-market/birthright-citizenship-isnt-real

“Why Birthright Citizenship Is Rare In Europe” by Ryan McMaken: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-birthright-citizenship-rare-europe

“Don’t Confuse Immigration with Naturalization“ by Ryan McMaken: https://mises.org/mises-wire/dont-confuse-immigration-naturalization

“The Problem with the Arbitrary Line between Legal and Illegal Immigration“ by Ryan McMaken: https://mises.org/power-market/problem-arbitrary-line-between-legal-and-illegal-immigration

“There Is No Such Thing as Settled Law“ by Ryan McMaken: https://mises.org/mises-wire/there-no-such-thing-settled-law

Be sure to follow the Loot and Lobby podcast at https://Mises.org/LL

The World Is Getting Rid of Birthright Citizenship

No matter how the court rules on birthright citizenship (or anything else), it certainly won’t be the “last word” on the matter, and nothing is decided beyond the short term. 

Additional Reading

“Birthright Citizenship Isn’t Real” by Ryan McMaken: https://mises.org/power-market/birthright-citizenship-isnt-real

“Don’t Confuse Immigration with Naturalization” by Ryan McMaken: https://mises.org/mises-wire/dont-confuse-immigration-naturalization

“The Problem with the Arbitrary Line between Legal and Illegal Immigration” by Ryan McMaken: https://mises.org/power-market/problem-arbitrary-line-between-legal-and-illegal-immigration

Be sure to follow the Loot and Lobby podcast at https://Mises.org/LL

Don't Put Your Trust in the Supreme Court

California secession would not change the US into a laissez-faire paradise, but the positive change would be immense.

See also *Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities by Ryan McMaken*: https://Mises.org/BreakingAway

Be sure to follow the Loot and Lobby podcast at https://Mises.org/LL

California Secession Would be Great for the Rest of America

The Mises Institute, founded in 1982, is an educational institution devoted to advancing Austrian economics, freedom, and peace in the classical-liberal tradition. Our website offers many thousands of free books and thousands of hours of audio and video, along with the full run of rare journals, biographies, and bibliographies of great economists.