Booms and Busts

Despite little liberalization, global trade grew rapidly over the last decades only to collapse in 2009. Was this growth healthy, though?

The Central Bank of Canada Warns of Housing Bubble

Fed management of the economy and the business cycle has only gotten much worse as it has grown more powerful and destructive. As the Federal Reserve has become more powerful, job losses have generally more severe and the duration of the recovery process has gotten progressively longer.

The most recent job report appears, on the surface, encouraging news for the U. S. economy.

Richard Ebeling writes: "On Thursday, November 13th, I was interviewed on the "Boom-Bust" segment on RT television on Ludwig von Mises and the Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle."

Or Are They Bad For The Economy?

What does a fall in oil prices mean for our boom - and bubble-based economy?

Household consumer credit continues to explode.

Tiny houses are a growing phenomenon as potential homeowners look to cut down on housing costs in the face of an economy rife with booms, busts, and spiking asset prices.

G-20 nations rubber-stamp plans to have you bail out the too-big-to-fail banks.