Common Sense Soapbox
About this show
Short videos with a punchy, comedic tone and entertaining Socratic characters taking on trending issues and important concepts from a classical liberal perspective, written & animated by Seamus Coughlin.
How to Ruin the Economy in 2 Minutes
February 1, 2022
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Seamus, Bob, and Sarah are sheltered in place – hungry and eager to get out and work – but Ron isn’t letting them. Instead of producing more food, Ron has the ingenious idea to just give them more shells (money)! Seamus explains why issuing more currency instead of letting people produce is the worst thing you can do.
CREDITS:
Written by Seamus Coughlin, Sean W. Malone, and Tyler Brandt
Research by Matt Hampton
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
LINKS:
https://youtu.be/y0gGyeA-8C4
https://www.fte.org/teachers/teacher-resources/lesson-plans/rslessons/the-magic-of-markets-trade-creates-wealth/
https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/MoneySupply.html
https://www.econlib.org/library/Topics/College/inflation.html
https://fee.org/articles/the-causes-of-inflation/
https://fee.org/articles/inflation/
https://fee.org/articles/inflation-in-one-page/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/business/economy/fed-inflation-stimulus-biden.html
https://mises.org/library/how-all-extra-stimulus-money-could-lead-price-inflation