Peter St Onge Podcast

Peter St Onge Podcast

Peter St Onge, Ph.D economist explains news on the economy in plain English and why it matters.

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September 1, 2025 19 mins

Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • Deficit Soars 20%. What’s Driving it?
  • Trump Fires Federal Reserve Swing Vote
  • German Industry in “Free Fall”
  • Social Security “Bankrupt” in 7 Years
  • How Crime got so Bad

Read the full article "How Crime got so Bad" at https://www.profstonge.com/

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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • Fixing the H1-B Sweatshops
  • How Democrats Lost Men
  • Universities are Going Obsolete
  • Can EJ Antoni save the Inflation and Job Numbers
  • Recession Cancelled but Fed Keeps Strangling


Read the full article "Recession Cancelled but Fed Keeps Strangling” at https://www.profstonge.com/

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  • Trump’s America First Trade Deals
  • Net Migration Turns Negative
  • Fannie Mae’s $350 billion Wall Street Gift
  • Quarter-trillion in Student Loans Delinquent
  • Federal Government goes All-in on AI


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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • Mainstream Media is Collapsing
  • Job Numbers Crash
  • Congress Ends Gas Mileage Rules
  • Soviet Grocers in New York
  • Will 1% Rates Cause Inflation


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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • Trump Goes to War with the Fed
  • Japan Turns Populist
  • Trump Steamrolls Europe
  • 300,000 AI Layoffs in Finance
  • DOGE Could End 100,000 Regulations


Read the full article “DOGE Could End 100,000 Regulations” at https://www.profstonge.com/

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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • Inflation Finally Rises
  • Renters hit Record High
  • Trump's America First Trade Deals
  • New York to Empty the Prisons
  • Jobs After AI

Read the full article “Jobs After AI” at https://www.profstonge.com/

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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • Power Grid could "Collapse" from Green Energy
  • Tariff Inflation Forecasts Plunge
  • Gold says Fiat Collapse Accelerating
  • Banks Gambling $50 billion of Your Money
  • Why no Tariff Inflation?

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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • Deportations hit the Job Numbers
  • Pharmaceutical Ad Ban
  • Germany's Pension Ponzi
  • Banks in Trump's Cross-hairs
  • The Myth of Fed Independence

Read the full article “The Myth of Fed Independence” at https://www.profstonge.com/

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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • New York Elects a Communist
  • "Dumb Powell" to keep Strangling Economy
  • Senate Passes "Big Beautiful Bill"
  • Canada's Prime Moron
  • How to End the Uniparty

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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • 500k more Home Sellers than Buyers
  • Stablecoins Could Wipe out Crony Banks
  • China's EV Car Industry "Imploding"
  • Net Migration Turns Negative. And Blue-Collar Wages Soar.
  • Allies Push Back on Defense Spending

Read the full article “Allies Push Back on Defense Spending” at https://www.profstonge.com/

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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • Zero Inflation from Tariffs
  • Fed to pay Bankers $1.1 Trillion
  • Iraq warns of $300 Oil
  • A Million Self-Deportations
  • Why Prices Never go Down

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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • Trump “Demands” 1% Fed rate cut
  • Argentina Growth hits 8%
  • California Threatens to Defund Federal Government
  • Canada Enters Recession
  • How Illegals Make Labor Shortages Worse

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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • Trump Month 4: Inflation Falls, Wages Soar
  • Europe's Welfare State going Bankrupt
  • Deficits could "Break" the Financial System
  • Trump Slashes UN Budget
  • Elon turns against the "Big Beautiful Bill"

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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • $3 Trillion Deficits Forever
  • China's $100 Billion Trade Loophole
  • Federal Spending Falls 5.1%
  • We Need 7% Growth to Outrun Debt
  • "iPhone Moment" for Robots

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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • Big Beautiful Budget in Trouble
  • Moody's Downgrades $36 Trillion of Debt
  • Student Loan Delinquencies Soar 700%
  • Biden's 1 Million Fake Jobs
  • Japan Bond Markets "Implode"

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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • Japan Threatens Economic War
  • Pause in China Trade War
  • Trump Slashes Pharmaceutical Prices
  • Bidenflation is Over
  • Why Americans don't Save Anymore

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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • Jobs are Booming -- and they're Real
  • Elon Steps Back from DOGE
  • Populists Sweep British Elections
  • Trump Budget Increases Spending
  • Young Americans Getting Crushed

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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • Why Congress is Paralyzed: The Filibuster
  • Home Buying hits 16-year Low
  • Socialists Win in Canada
  • Chinese Factories are Getting Wiped Out
  • America's GDP Goes Negative. And it's Glorious.

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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • Will Trump fire Jerome Powell?
  • Gold Prices are Exploding
  • China is Panicking over Tariffs
  • DOGE goes after Billions to Universities
  • 81% of Americans Think the Government is Corrupt

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Roundup of the Week's Top Stories in Economics and Freedom

  • China Won't Win a Trade War
  • US Dollar Crashes on Foreign Sales
  • Congress cuts DOGE Savings to $150 Billion
  • Inflation drops to 0.7%
  • Green Shoots in Manufacturing -- Before Tariffs

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