Archive - Marking to Market

Don’t Blame Landlords, Blame the IRS

While millennials and boomers fight over who's to blame for unaffordable housing, the real culprit should be obvious to all.

Aug 14

The “Everything Bubble” Isn’t a Bubble—It’s Policy

When every asset class rises in unison, it's not speculation—it's a sign of currency destruction.

Aug 5

July 2025

The Dual-Income Trap: How "Progress" Destroyed Household Optionality

Social "progress" means families now need two full-time incomes to afford what previous generations achieved with one.

Jul 18

June 2025

The Real "Truth in Securities"

How the 1933 law is used to block ordinary citizens from profitable investments while keeping speculative trading wide open, all in the name of…

Jun 27

The Fake Metric Behind the Real Deficit

A metric that treats $13 spent for $1 gained as sound economics is the intellectual justification behind America's $36 trillion debt spiral.

Jun 13

May 2025

Tariff Survival: How Foreign Trade Policy Shaped America’s “Advanced” Economy

While America debates the impact of tariffs, the evidence is etched into our economic backbone: the only industries we still dominate are those foreign…

May 30

Too Much Health Insurance: The Paradox of American Healthcare

America's bizarre healthcare system doesn't suffer from too little insurance—it's drowning in it. What if our obsession with "coverage" is actually…

May 16

April 2025

The Dollar’s Dethronement: Why Reserve Currency Status Is Already Slipping Away

The world's central banks are already dumping dollars for gold and alternatives—while Washington pretends the dollar is invincible.

Apr 25

Austrian Tariffs: Tariffs that Even Hayek Would Love

How currency manipulation and slave labor have turned "free trade" into anything but.

Apr 8

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