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What’s the biggest and most dangerous financial bubble? Sovereign debt issued by profligate governments. And unlike stocks or corporate debt, government bond bubbles harm millions of ordinary people when they burst. Economist Daniel Lacalle joins Jeff Deist to figure out the bizarro world of the bond bubble: negative interest rates, anemic rate

Debt matters, even if interest rates are low. Increasing debt and spending means lower growth and weaker real wages in the future. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. Original Article: “ Trump’s Spending Is Delaying a Recovery. Biden Would Be Even Worse.​ ​

Debt and recession in the United States are big problems. But in both cases, metrics show a better situation in the US than in the eurozone. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. Original Article: “ Why the US Economy Is Stronger Than the Eurozone’s

So far, the United States is leading Europe in employment improvement, but the full recovery is extremely far away. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. Original Article: “ The Global Jobless Recovery​

Inflation at an annual rate of 5 percent is not a positive, and it is certainly not falling prices. Inflation is accumulative, and this means we are becoming poorer faster. Original Article:   “Governments Will Make You Poorer Again” This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher

The only reason central banks buy gold is to protect their balance sheets from their own monetary destruction programs; they have no choice but to do so. Original Article: “ Central Banks Turn to Gold as Losses Mount” This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher

There is an undeniable negative trend in European employment and wages that is a direct consequence of constantly increasing intervention in the economy. Original Article: “European Shadow Unemployment Is a Real Problem” This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher

All of the excess of unproductive debt issued during the period of complacency will exacerbate the problem in 2023 and 2024. Original Article:   “Will Global Rate Hikes Set Off a Global Debt Bomb?” This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher

Investors should not care whether the Fed pivots or not if they analyze investment opportunities based on fundamentals and not on monetary laughing gas. Original Article:   “Why Investors Are Obsessed with the Fed “Pivot”” This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher

Unfortunately, when governments all over the world decided to “spend now and deal with the consequences later” in 2020, they also sowed the seeds of a 2008-style problem. Original Article: “2023: You Wanted Endless Stimulus, You Got Stagflation.” This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher