Jason Hartman talks with Thomas Sowell from the Hoover Institution about the cycles of boom and bust in the US housing market. Narrator: Welcome to the American Monetary Association’s podcast. Where we explore how monetary policy impacts the real lives of real people,...
AMA 26 – Howard J. Ruff: Prosper During The Coming Bad Years
How will you stay on top of your finances with the coming economic uncertainty? Your best bet is to continue listening to The American Monetary Association Show as your host, Jason Hartman, discusses cutting edge financial topics with experts in the field. For...
AMA 25 – James West: America’s Crime of the Century
Throughout the world, businesses are failing, families are losing their homes, their livelihoods and their futures. Is the financial system and its so-called leaders to blame? James West and his film, Crime of the Century, seek to illuminate the players, methods,...
The Source of Our Economic Stress
Our recent post on which counties around the United States were mired in the worst level of economic stress begs the follow up question: What are they so stressed about? The source material for the original post was collected by the Associated Press, which also...
Is Your County Stressed Out?
Back in November 2010, the Associated Press released a list of the 20 most (and least) economically stressed counties in the United States, a listing we found illuminating, though not surprising. If you happen to live in one of the following counties, that stress...