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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Articles

Federal Spending Is Only Going Up: Trump Pushes Trillion-Dollar Defense Budget

1 week ago | gold-eagle.com | Ryan McMaken

President Donald Trump last week announced new plans for a $1 trillion defense budget in 2026. Trump bragged about his big plans for spending ever larger amounts of taxpayer funds, stating at a meeting with Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu that “We’re going to be approving a budget, and I’m proud to say, actually, the biggest one we’ve ever done for the military ... $1 trillion.
Federal Spending Is Only Going Up: Trump Pushes Trillion-Dollar Defense Budget

1 week ago | mises.org | Ryan McMaken

President Donald Trump last week announced new plans for a $1 trillion defense budget in 2026. Trump bragged about his big plans for spending ever larger amounts of taxpayer funds, stating at a meeting with Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu that “We’re going to be approving a budget, and I’m proud to say, actually, the biggest one we’ve ever done for the military ... $1 trillion.
Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Mexico?

1 week ago | mises.org | Ryan McMaken

Notes in the Margin image/svg+xml Note: The views expressed on Mises.org are not necessarily those of the Mises Institute. 04/16/2025 • Mises Wire • James Bovard “If it is known that authorities have power to coerce, few people will wait for actual coercion,” economist Friedrich Hayek wrote in the 1956 foreword to his 1944 classic, The Road to Serfdom. Hayek’s... 04/16/2025 • Mises Wire • Ryan McMaken President Donald Trump last week announced new plans for a $1 trillion defense budget in...
‘Mar Lago Accord’ to rewrite global financial system.

1 week ago | mises.org | Ryan McMaken

Notes in the Margin image/svg+xml Note: The views expressed on Mises.org are not necessarily those of the Mises Institute....
The Money Supply Keeps Growing as the Fed Backs Off Monetary “Tightening”

1 week ago | gold-eagle.com | Ryan McMaken

Money-supply growth rose year over year in February for the seventh month in a row, the first time this has happened since mid-2022. The current trend in money-supply growth suggests a continued reversal of more than a year of historically large contractions in the money supply that occurred throughout much of 2023 and 2024.
The IRS Isn’t Going Away, and This is How We Know

1 week ago | shtfplan.com | Ryan McMaken

As the 2024 campaign neared its end, candidate Donald Trump began promising that, if elected, he would support the elimination of income taxes. Shortly after he was sworn in, Trump then began saying he planned to abolish the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The Trump team claimed in each case that it could raise enough tax revenue from tariffs to replace tax revenue from income taxes.
The Money Supply Keeps Growing as the Fed Backs Off Monetary "Tightening"

1 week ago | mises.org | Ryan McMaken

Money-supply growth rose year over year in February for the seventh month in a row, the first time this has happened since mid-2022. The current trend in money-supply growth suggests a continued reversal of more than a year of historically large contractions in the money supply that occurred throughout much of 2023 and 2024.
Trump's Unilateral Tariff Power and the Triumph of the Executive State

1 week ago | mises.org | Ryan McMaken

Donald Trump’s tariff policy maneuvers this have made it clear that we live in a country where a single man can impose or suspend taxes at will. Trump has, with little more than social media posts and various strokes of a pen, hiked federal sales taxes on imports (i.e., tariffs) with apparently no limit on the size of these taxes or to which goods they are applied.
The IRS Isn’t Going Away, and This Is How We Know

2 weeks ago | lewrockwell.com | Ryan McMaken

As the 2024 campaign neared its send, candidate Donald Trump began promising that, if elected, he would support the elimination of income taxes. Shortly after he was sworn in, Trump then began saying he planned to abolish the Internal Revenue Service. The Trump team claimed in each case that it could raise enough tax revenue from tariffs to replace tax revenue from income taxes.
The President's Unilateral Tariff Power and the Triumph of the Executive State

2 weeks ago | mises.org | Ryan McMaken

Donald Trump’s tariff policy maneuvers this have made it clear that we live in a country where a single man can impose or suspend taxes at will. Trump has, with little more than social media posts and various strokes of a pen, hiked federal sales taxes on imports (i.e., tariffs) with apparently no limit on the size of these taxes or to which goods they are applied.