
Peter St Onge Podcast
Peter St Onge, Ph.D economist explains news on the economy in plain English and why it matters.
Episodes
116 episodes
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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Ep 100 Weekly Roundup: 73% of Voters Want the Trump Agenda
Roundup of the Week's Top News in Economy and Liberty- 73% of Voters Want the Trump Agenda- Europe's Economic Apocalypse- Millions of Americans Have Hope Again- Javier Milei is Doubling Down- Will AI Cause Mass Deflation?...
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Ep 99 Weekly Roundup: Yellen says Trump should Cut Spending
Roundup of the Week's Top Events in the Economy and Liberty- Yellen says Trump should Cut Spending- Can Trump lower housing costs?- Banks could Drive Inflation- GOP Congress wants $200 in Pork- Why they Tax when they can ...
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Ep 98 Weekly Roundup: Why is American Healthcare so bad
Roundup of the Week's Top Events in the Economy and Liberty- Debt service passes social security- Made up job numbers- Europe’s governments dropping like flies- Inflation is back to 4%- Why is American Healthcare so bad
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Ep 97 Weekly Roundup: What’s for Christmas? Food
Roundup of the Week's Top Events in the Economy and Liberty- What’s for Christmas? Food- Trump Whips out the Tariff Stick- Trudeau Nightmare in Canada- The Left’s NGO Army- Each Bureaucrat Destroys 158 JobsRead the...
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Ep 96 Weekly Roundup: Handing Trump a Lit Fuse on the Debt
Roundup of the Week's Top Stories on the Economy and Liberty- Handing Trump a Lit Fuse on the Debt- DOGE goes for the Death Star- Will Mass Deportations Crash the Economy?- Here Comes the Bitcoin Strategic Reserve- How t...
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Ep 95: Interview with Tuur Demeester
I interviewed Tuur Demeester on the post-election landscape: What’s next for the economy, for liberty, and why Bitcoin will soar under Trump.We also touch on his native Europe as it descends into a Soviet hellscape.Be sure to ch...
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Ep. 94 Weekly Roundup: Here Comes 'No Tax on Tips'
In this Episode:- Here Comes ‘No Tax on Tips’- Americans Waste $550b Doing Taxes- Milei's Spending Cuts Save Argentina- Pentagon Loses Track of $2.5 Trillion- Left-Wing Media is DyingRead the full article ...
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Ep 93 Interview Tuttle Twins - Connor Boyack: Saving Kids with Homeschooling
My interview with Connor Boyack, creator of the Tuttle Twins series of books. We talk about Homeschooling: Why it’s taking off, how it fights the Woke Mind Virus, and how parents can get started.Connor turns the economic cl...
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