Episodios

  • SNAP Rolls Shrink—but Farm “Bridge Payments” Raise Red Flags

    SNAP Rolls Shrink—but Farm “Bridge Payments” Raise Red Flags
    Jan 30 2026
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    SNAP enrollment just dropped by 1.75 million, thanks to stricter work rules, fraud audits, and removing ineligible recipients. That’s real progress—even with 42 million still on food assistance.
    But on the flip side, the administration is calling $12 billion in payments to farmers a “bridge,” not a bailout. Call it what it is: taxpayer-funded relief with no payback. From broken farm economics to bloated regulations and the case for more local food systems, here’s why welfare reform is moving forward—while farm policy remains stuck in the past.
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    3 m
  • Ouch. Inflation Isn’t Dead Yet—PPI Just Lit It Back Up

    Ouch. Inflation Isn’t Dead Yet—PPI Just Lit It Back Up
    Jan 30 2026
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    Producer prices came in hotter than expected—PPI up 0.5% month over month and 3% year over year, driven by rising service costs. Inflation has cooled, but it’s far from beaten, despite the political spin.
    With the Fed holding rates, Jay Powell nearing the exit, and Kevin Warsh waiting in the wings, the next moves on inflation and monetary policy matter more than ever. Tariffs, shortages, and inflation aren’t the same thing—and only one is truly in the Fed’s control.
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    6 m
  • New Sheriff at the Fed? Why Kevin Warsh Changes Everything

    New Sheriff at the Fed? Why Kevin Warsh Changes Everything
    Jan 30 2026
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    A new Fed chair is on deck—and this one isn’t cut from the usual academic cloth. Kevin Warsh has worked in the private sector, walked away from the Fed in protest, and openly blasted quantitative easing long before it was fashionable. He’s taken aim at Bernanke, Powell, and the myth of “transitory” inflation, arguing the Fed’s job isn’t to prop up markets or inflate asset prices.

    So what does a Warsh-led Federal Reserve actually mean? A return to discipline—or another pick that looks great on paper but fails on the field? From inflation, money printing, and politicization at the Fed to why owning assets matters when cash is a losing game, this is a deep dive into why this nomination matters—and why it could finally shake up a broken system.
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    12 m
  • The Immigration Myth, Trade Reality & Why Economic Failure Can Be a Good Thing

    The Immigration Myth, Trade Reality & Why Economic Failure Can Be a Good Thing
    Jan 30 2026
    Chris Markowski dismantles the great immigration lie and explains how divide-and-conquer politics—especially at the state level—distort economic truth. From why trade sanity matters more than slogans to how bankruptcies can actually strengthen an economy, this hour connects economic fundamentals to political theater. Chris also takes aim at the cultural circus surrounding Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, and the nonstop distractions pulling attention away from real financial issues—plus a few classic Markowski rants you didn’t see coming.

    immigration economics, trade policy, bankruptcies, political economy, economic growth, market cycles
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    38 m
  • Wall Street “Discovers” Longevity—and Gets Retirement Wrong Again

    Wall Street “Discovers” Longevity—and Gets Retirement Wrong Again
    Jan 30 2026
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    Big investment firms are suddenly realizing that people are living longer, healthier lives—and treating it like a breakthrough. A new Morgan Stanley paper frames increased longevity as a transformational economic force, arguing that 21st-century finance will shift from accumulation to decades-long retirement drawdowns. But this isn’t new information, and the proposed solutions miss the point. Designing income models around 40-year retirement periods ignores how real people live, work, adapt, and evolve over time. Life doesn’t unfold in neat phases, and treating retirement as a prolonged financial drought forces unrealistic saving, delayed living, and joyless tradeoffs. Longevity demands a whole-life approach, not marketing-driven theories and rigid planning models. It’s financial preparation—not financial planning—that actually works.
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    4 m
  • “Grow What We Eat”: The Simple Fix Big Ag Doesn’t Want

    “Grow What We Eat”: The Simple Fix Big Ag Doesn’t Want
    Jan 30 2026
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    As farmers across the Mississippi Delta consider letting crops rot because prices are below production costs, a glaring question keeps resurfacing: why isn’t America growing the food Americans actually eat? Instead of endless tariffs, bailouts, and hedge funds swallowing family farms, most U.S. farmland is locked into soybeans for animal feed, corn for ethanol, and rice for export—while fruits and vegetables are shipped in from across the country or overseas. Even the World Wildlife Fund points to the obvious solution: shift just a small share of land into food crops for domestic consumption and farm revenue could surge by billions. But entrenched interests, commodity speculation, government policy, and Big Ag’s grip on the system keep things frozen in place. The result? Farmers struggle, food prices soar, and one of the most fertile countries on Earth imports what it should be growing locally.
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    9 m
  • China’s Central Planning Is Triggering a Deflation Doom Loop

    China’s Central Planning Is Triggering a Deflation Doom Loop
    Jan 30 2026
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    What was long predicted is now playing out in real time: China’s centrally planned economy is sliding into a deflationary doom loop. Reports from Shanghai’s largest clothing market show vendors overwhelmed not with sales—but with returns. Retailers are sending back unsold inventory, revenues are collapsing, and wholesalers say business is down by half from last year. Consumers don’t have money to spend, yet producers—following Beijing’s mandates—keep making too much. Prices are slashed to clear inventory, profits shrink, wages stagnate, jobs disappear, and spending falls even further. It’s the classic downward spiral of command-and-control economics. Despite officially reported growth fueled by exports, warehouses are filling, housing markets are oversupplied, youth unemployment is soaring, and demographics are rapidly deteriorating. Central planning once again proves it can’t dictate consumer demand—and China is now paying the price.
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    6 m
  • $23 Million Homeless Charity Scam Exposes the LA Grift

    $23 Million Homeless Charity Scam Exposes the LA Grift
    Jan 29 2026
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    A bombshell out of Los Angeles reveals exactly how taxpayer dollars get fleeced. The CEO of a homelessness nonprofit, Abundant Blessings, is facing federal and state fraud charges after allegedly living a luxury lifestyle on $23 million in public funds meant to keep people off the streets. A $7 million home. A $125,000 Range Rover. Designer clothes, Greek vacation property, Hawaii trips, and stays at the Four Seasons—while homeless residents were reportedly fed canned beans and microwavable ramen. Prosecutors say invoices were falsified to claim fresh meals and proper housing that never existed. The charity was contracted by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority with virtually no oversight, raising serious questions about insider connections, accountability, and how many similar contracts are quietly bleeding taxpayers dry. This isn’t charity—it’s a system-wide grift.
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    7 m