
Peter St Onge Podcast
Peter St Onge, Ph.D economist explains news on the economy in plain English and why it matters.
Episodes
123 episodes
Ep 123 Weekly Roundup: $3 Trillion Deficits Forever
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom$3 Trillion Deficits ForeverChina's $100 Billion Trade LoopholeFederal Spending Falls 5.1%We Need 7% Growth to Outrun Debt"iPhone Moment" ...
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Ep 122 Weekly Roundup: Big Beautiful Budget in Trouble
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomBig Beautiful Budget in TroubleMoody's Downgrades $36 Trillion of DebtStudent Loan Delinquencies Soar 700%Biden's 1 Million Fake JobsJapan...
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Ep 121 Weekly Roundup: Japan Threatens Economic War
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomJapan Threatens Economic WarPause in China Trade WarTrump Slashes Pharmaceutical PricesBidenflation is OverWhy Americans don't Save Anymor...
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Ep 120 Weekly Roundup: Jobs are Booming -- and They're Real
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomJobs are Booming -- and they're RealElon Steps Back from DOGEPopulists Sweep British ElectionsTrump Budget Increases SpendingYoung America...
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Ep 119 Weekly Roundup: GDP Goes Negative. And it's Glorious.
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomWhy Congress is Paralyzed: The FilibusterHome Buying hits 16-year LowSocialists Win in CanadaChinese Factories are Getting Wiped OutAmeric...
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Ep 118 Weekly Roundup: Will Trump fire Jerome Powell?
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomWill Trump fire Jerome Powell?Gold Prices are ExplodingChina is Panicking over TariffsDOGE goes after Billions to Universities81% of Ameri...
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Ep 117 Weekly Roundup: China Won't Win a Trade War
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomChina Won't Win a Trade WarUS Dollar Crashes on Foreign SalesCongress cuts DOGE Savings to $150 BillionInflation drops to 0.7%Green Shoots...
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Ep 116 Weekly Roundup: The Trade Wars Begin
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomThe Trade Wars BeginTariffs Crash StocksWill Tariffs Cause a Depression?The Art of the Deal, Tariff VersionDoes Reserve Currency Status Re...
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Ep 115 Weekly Roundup: Consumer Spending Soars
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomAnti-Trump Consumers are Blinding Economic DataActual Consumer Spending SoarsDemocrat Party Approval hits 29%Despite DOGE, Federal Spending is Stil...
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Ep 114 Weekly Roundup: Why do Boomers Own Everything?
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and FreedomThe Fed Goes InflationaryForeigners Pour $3 Trillion into Trump Boom“Civil War” in Democrat PartyDowd Warns: “Short, Deep” RecessionWhy do...
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Ep 113 Weekly Roundup: Dems Kneel on Govt Shutdown
Roundup of the Week's Top News in Economics and FreedomDems Kneel on Government ShutdownLutnick: End Income Tax under $150,000Europe to Dump $840b into MilitaryStudy: Inflation now at 1.35%China i...
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Ep 112 Weekly Roundup: Jobs Leap despite Federal Layoffs
Roundup of the Week's Top News in Economics and FreedomJobs leap despite Federal LayoffsHundreds of major Federal Buildings up for AuctionFederal Layoffs and “Paper Recession”Canada will Lose the Trade War...
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Ep 111 Weekly Roundup: The Fed says We're in Recession
Roundup of the Week's Top News in Economics and FreedomThe Fed says We're in RecessionTrump Tariffs the World$2 Trillion to Globalist OrganizationsIs the Gold in Fort Knox?Should Government Spendi...
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Ep 110 Weekly Roundup: DOGE is Getting More Popular
Roundup of the Week's Top News in Economics and FreedomDOGE is Getting More PopularBusiness Optimism is SoaringNo Big Balls for CongressTrump: Abolish the IRSThe $5,000 "DOGE Dividend"
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Ep 109 Weekly Roundup: DOGE Could Audit the Fed
Roundup of the Week's Top News in Economics and FreedomBiden's Final Inflation: 5.7%300,000 Federal Workers CulledJD Vance vs European AuthoritarianismDC Searches Spike for Criminal LawyersDOGE Co...
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Ep 108 Weekly Roundup: USAID Tax-funded Propaganda
Roundup of the Week's Top News in Economics and Freedom589,000 Biden Jobs Were FakeUSAID: Tax-funded PropagandaMarkets are Warming to Trump$516 Billion Spent on Expired Programs5 New Trump Tax Cut...
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Ep 107 Weekly Roundup: DOGE is Cutting a Billion per Day
Roundup of the Week's Top News in Economics and FreedomThe Trade Wars BeginGOP Congress Proposes Zero Spending CutsDOGE is cutting a Billion a Day"The Green New Deal is Dead" -- even in EuropeTrum...
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Ep 106 Weekly Roundup: Mass Deportations and the Economy
Roundup of the Week's Top News in Economics and FreedomWhat Mass Deportations mean for the EconomyMedia’s fake Bankruptcy of Social SecurityColombia Picks a Fight with TrumpMillions abuse “Birthright Citiz...
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Ep 105 Weekly Roundup: The Entire West is About to Go Populist
Roundup of the Week's Top News in Economics and Freedom- The Entire West is About to Go Populist- Biden's Final Act: Rising Inflation- Dollar Share Hits 30-year Low. Can Trump fix it?- Anti-white Racism is now Illegal- L...
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Ep 104 Weekly Roundup: Trump's First Executive Orders
Roundup of the Week's Top News in Economics and Freedom- Trump's First Executive Orders- LA Fires Cost $150 billion- Biden Draining the Treasury- 50% Jump in Credit Card Defaults- Post-Trump Recession Odds Plunge...
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Ep 103 Weekly Roundup: Jan 6 and American Authoritarianism
Roundup of the Week's Top News in Economics and Freedom- Jan 6 and American Authoritarianism- Yellen’s $10 trillion debt wall- Justin Trudeau’s Done- The Easy Way for DOGE to cut a trillion- Gen Z hits “Midlife Crisis”
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Ep 102 Weekly Roundup: The Economic Mess they're Handing Trump
Roundup of the Week's Top News in Economy and Freedom- The Economic Mess they're Handing Trump- Markets say DOGE will Succeed- The Left is Collapsing Worldwide- Shoplifting is up 93%- Free Speech Online: Gutenberg 2.0
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Ep 101 Interview: Allen Farrington
My interview with Bitcoin icon Allen Farrington.We talk about - Bitcoin and Austrian Economics, - Allen’s historical articles, - Friedman and inflationism, - What’s next for Bitcoin with the economy
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