President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on some goods imported to the US. Economists are not a fan of tariffs, says Whaples, who has surveyed economists on the subject. Customers end up paying for tariffs, especially for automobiles and parts, he says

Senior Fellow Judy Shelton, author of Good as Gold: How to Unleash the Power of Sound Money was interviewed on the Larry Kudlow radio show. They discuss her recent Op-Ed in The Wall Street Journal, in which Shelton questioned why the Fed, an independent agency, has such enormous power to skew financial outcomes.

Who will be the new US Treasury Secretary? Independent Institute Senior Fellow Judy Shelton, author of Good as Gold: How to Unleash the Power of Sound Money discusses the importance of the position and how it might affect the economy under incoming US President Donald Trump.

Independent Institute Senior Fellow Judy Shelton, atuhor of Good as Gold: How to Unleash the Power of Sound Money, speaks on the importance of the selection of a new US Treasury Secretary. She also discusses how access to sound money for entrepreneurs will boost growth, lower interest rates, and curb inflation in the US economy.

In the second part of this two part episode, Scott welcomes back Michael Shellenberger, bestselling author of San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities and Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All. As an award-winning investigative journalist, he has broken major stories in crime and drug policy, homelessness, climate change, and most recently exposing the role of government and intelligence agencies in collusion with Big Tech censorship or Americans.

Is the upcoming new presidential era finally our opportunity to slay the beast of inflation, shrink federal spending, and stabilize the value of our currency? We talk with Judy Shelton, Senior Fellow with Independent, former Trump nominee to the Fed Board, and author of a new book explaining how money is a “moral contract between government and the citizens”--and how its value can be decoupled from the whims of politicians and bureaucrats.

In this episode, Scott welcomes Michael Shellenberger, bestselling author of San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities and Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All. As an award-winning investigative journalist, he has broken major stories in crime and drug policy, homelessness, climate change, and most recently exposing the role of government and intelligence agencies in collusion with Big Tech censorship or Americans. They have a conversation about those issues and particularly how America's media is functioning in their essential role in a free society.

Independent Institute senior fellow Judy Shelton reacts to the Fed’s decision to lower rates for the second time since March 2020.