The Road to Fatima Gate
By: Brad Jackson (Diary) | December 14th at 10:00 AM |
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Michael Totten, to discuss his book The Road to Fatima Gate: The Beirut Spring, the Rise of Hezbollah, and the Iranian War Against Israel, Iranian, Syrian, and Hezbollah efforts to control Lebanon, and Totten’s own personal encounters with Hezbollah. We’re brought to you | Read More »
David Cameron’s Controversial Veto of EU Treaty
By: Brad Jackson (Diary) | December 12th at 10:00 AM |
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Boeing’s victory over the NLRB, UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s veto of a controversial EU treaty, and how it will impact relations with the European mainland. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. | Read More »
Newt Gingrich on Entitlement Reform, the Federal Reserve and the Eurozone
By: Brad Jackson (Diary) | December 9th at 02:01 PM |
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech and Francis Cianfrocca are joined by Newt Gingrich to discuss his plans for entitlement reform, how he would change the Federal Reserve, the Eurozone crisis and more. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, | Read More »
Robin Hood Tax Would Hurt the Little Guy More Than Big Banks
By: Brad Jackson (Diary) | December 8th at 10:01 AM |
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Jon Corzine’s testimony before Congress on MF Global, the proposed Robin Hood Tax and how it would hurt the little guy not big banks as intended. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. | Read More »
Blue Collar Intellectuals
By: Brad Jackson (Diary) | December 7th at 10:13 AM |
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Daniel Flynn to discuss technology’s disruption of a society where the everyman sought out high culture, and when intellectuals sought to formulate discourse with the everyman. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to | Read More »
Medicare Has Spent a Quarter-Billion Taxpayer Dollars on Penis Pumps
By: Brad Jackson (Diary) | December 6th at 10:36 AM |
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech discuss Medicare’s quarter-billion dollars spent on penis pumps for elderly men, how this is indicative of larger Medicare fraud and how lobbyists perpetuate the system. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can | Read More »
Enron’s Collapse and The Death of the Private Sector
By: Brad Jackson (Diary) | December 5th at 10:01 AM |
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Europe’s potential political merger, the ten year anniversary of Enron’s collapse, and evidence the American private sector has been dying since the 1960′s. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like | Read More »
8.6% Unemployment Rate Isn’t as Good as it Sounds
By: Brad Jackson (Diary) | December 2nd at 10:00 AM |
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss today’s unemployment report, the record duration of unemployment, and why the headline number of 8.6% isn’t as good as it sounds. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email | Read More »
Government Controlled Healthcare Champion Don Berwick Steps Down
By: Brad Jackson (Diary) | December 1st at 10:00 AM |
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech discuss the departure of Don Berwick from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, his controversial views on government controlled healthcare, and how his legacy will be impacted by the fate of Obamacare. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. | Read More »
The Best Books of 2011
By: Brad Jackson (Diary) | November 30th at 10:10 AM |
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Hunter Baker to discuss the eventful and impactful books they read in 2011 including autobiographies of Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Condeleza Rice; the growth – and subsequent persecution – of the church in China; and more. We’re brought to you as always | Read More »
The Secret Term in the Fed’s Triple Mandate
By: Brad Jackson (Diary) | November 29th at 10:00 AM |
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Brian Domitrovic author of a new paper published at The Laffer Center entitled, The Secret Term in the Fed’s Triple Mandate. We’ll discuss how Ben Bernanke’s Federal Reserve stacks up against those of the past, the role they’ve played in today’s stagnant economy, | Read More »
Is This the Beginning of the End for the Euro?
By: Brad Jackson (Diary) | November 28th at 10:01 AM |
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Germany’s failed bond auction, calls for a more politically unified Europe, and the potential end of the Euro. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can | Read More »
The Currency Wars
By: Brad Jackson (Diary) | November 23rd at 10:12 AM |
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by James Rickards, to discuss why the Federal Reserve is wrong to keep interest rates at zero, concerns about inflation, and that increased regulations are needed on American banks. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d | Read More »
Elena Kagan: The Justice Who Knows Too Much
By: Brad Jackson (Diary) | November 22nd at 10:29 AM |
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Carrie Severino, to discuss Elena Kagan’s involvement in Obamacare while serving as Solicitor General, what inside knowledge she may have, and why she should recuse herself from hearing this case as a sitting Supreme Court Justice. We’re brought to you as always by | Read More »
One in Six Americans Has Trouble Putting Food on the Table
By: Brad Jackson (Diary) | November 21st at 10:09 AM |
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss calls for Obama not to seek reelection, the striking amount of American’s who struggle to feed their families, and the millions now classified as “near poor.” We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. | Read More »