The below represents the transcript of a speech I gave June 4, 2015, in Phoenix, AZ at the Collegiate Academy of the Alliance Defending Freedom. The audience was extremely active and ambitious and worldview-oriented undergrad college students in their upperclassmen years. The topic...
As I gleefully communicated this week to my Facebook friends, Twitter followers, and even clients and professional associates via private email distribution, I enjoyed one of the great blessings of my life this week in participating in the ringing of the opening bell on the...
The following represents the outline of a speech given to the Acton Institute's university symposium, held each June in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The symposium features nearly 1,000 people from dozens of countries around the globe who come together to advance their understanding of liberty...
From Janet Yellen's first Congressional testimony as the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve: "The fundamental reason we have low interest rates is because there is a glut of savings relative to the demand for those savings." Really? Would you like to test that...
I read Jordan Belfort's book the first week that it came out five or so years ago. I knew immediately that the talk of it turning into a movie would happen, for the book itself read like it was written to be put on...
The Rational Optimist is a rare find for those who love markets, love history, and love reading. Few books you will ever read combine the historical depth that this gem of a find from Matt Ridley has, and yet also challenge your thinking in...
The first thing I will say is that I am not one of those "the Fed is the devil" type of people. There are legitimate criticisms of the Federal Reserve out there, and there are irrational ones. I am critical of present monetary...
Five years ago today Wall Street lost one of its staple investment banks to bankruptcy, and Main Street woke up to the reality of the financial crisis. The American economy had been in a financial crisis for at least a year, but it was...
George Gilder is one of the most important minds in the United States of America, and he has been for 30+ years. His Wealth and Poverty is one of the very few HAVE-TO-READ books in the history of free market economics. ...
A month or so back I read Thomas McCraw's very informative work, The Founders and Finance. The book essentially paints a picture of the early developments in American finance, particularly as directed by three immigrants (Robert Morris, Alexander Hamilton, and Albert Gallatin). Because...
