Ryan McMaken

Colorado

Husband and dad of 4. Executive Editor & economist at Mises Institute. Former economist at State of Colorado. Author of 'Breaking Away' and 'Commie Cowboys.'

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Airlines Cut Back as Passenger Volume Is Down Amid Falling Demand

1 week ago | mises.org | Ryan McMaken

Jet Blue Airways reported yesterday that it is reducing flights and parking aircraft as “soft travel demand” is impacting the airline’s revenue. In its coverage of the announcement, USA Today notes that falling demand is not only impacting Jet Blue:[M]ajor U.S. airlines are scaling back capacity ahead of the typically busy summer travel season as they look to protect fares and adapt to weaker demand.
Interest Paid on the US Debt Soars, and Trump Pushes for a New Costly War

1 week ago | mises.org | Ryan McMaken

Contrary to the fantasies of certain Republicans in Washington—including President Trump—the current trajectory of the White House’s fiscal policy is toward ever larger deficits and ever more federal debt. In its most recent analysis of the so-called “big beautiful bill” the CBO estimates that the bill will add 2.4 trillion to the deficit over ten years. That’s not $2.4 trillion total. That’s 2.4 trillion extra.
Trump (Again) Demands More Easy Money To Help Fund Even Bigger Deficits

1 week ago | mises.org | Ryan McMaken

The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets this week and is expected to keep its target policy interest rate (the federal funds rate) unchanged at 4.5 percent. This is unlikely to please Donald Trump who has repeatedly pushed Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and the FOMC to adopt a lower target interest rate and further force down interest rates on federal debt.
Why Trump Won’t Deport 18 Million Illegal Aliens

1 week ago | shtfplan.com | Ryan McMaken

The Trump administration has stepped up apprehensions of suspected illegal immigrants considerably in recent weeks, and the federal government has expanded its deportation efforts well beyond targeting the criminal aliens who were the primary focal point during the campaign. The administration has instead turned to raiding job sites and other areas where immigrants are known to be found, in hopes of further increasing total apprehension numbers.
Israel, Iran, and Immigration

2 weeks ago | snbchf.com | Tho Bishop |Connor O'Keeffe |Ryan McMaken

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Price Inflation Moves Up Slightly, and Wages Still Aren't Keeping Up

2 weeks ago | mises.org | Ryan McMaken

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest price inflation data, CPI inflation in May rose for the second month in a row. The year-over-year change in the CPI rose by 2.4 percent in May, slightly accelerating over April’s year-over-year increase of 2.3 percent. The month-over-month change (seasonally-adjusted) was positive again in May, rising 0.1 percent, although May’s increase, with the exception of March this year, was the smallest month-over-month increase since mid-2024.
Why Trump Won't Deport 18 Million Illegal Aliens

2 weeks ago | mises.org | Ryan McMaken

The Trump administration has stepped up apprehensions of suspected illegal immigrants considerably in recent weeks, and the federal government has expanded its deportation efforts well beyond targeting the criminal aliens who were the primary focal point during the campaign. The administration has instead turned to raiding job sites and other areas where immigrants are known to be found, in hopes of further increasing total apprehension numbers.
Why Trump Won't Deport 18 Million Illegal Aliens snbchf.com

2 weeks ago | snbchf.com | Ryan McMaken

Ryan McMaken is the editor of Mises Wire and The Austrian. Send him your article submissions, but read article guidelines first. (Contact: email; twitter.) Ryan has degrees in economics and political science from the University of Colorado, and was the economist for the Colorado Division of Housing from 2009 to 2014. He is the author of Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in the Western Genre.
Price Inflation Moves Up Slightly, and Wages Still Aren't Keeping Up snbchf.com

2 weeks ago | snbchf.com | Ryan McMaken

Home › 6b) Austrian Economics › 6b.) Mises.org › Price Inflation Moves Up Slightly, and Wages Still Aren’t Keeping Up Price Inflation Moves Up Slightly, and Wages Still Aren’t Keeping UpPermanent link to this article: https://snbchf.com/2025/06/mcmaken-price-inflation-moves-slightly-wages-still-arent-keeping/
From the Editor-May / June 2025

2 weeks ago | mises.org | Ryan McMaken

Schoolchildren learn that there are three branches of government: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. In actual practice, however, there are four branches of government. The fourth is what for decades now has been called a “headless fourth branch of government,” the bureaucracy.