Peter Earle on tariffs, debt, inflation, and the Fed’s trap

The American economy is in a bind — tariffs rising, debt piling up, inflation refusing to vanish, and the Fed, for all its faults, stuck between a rock and a hard place.

In this episode, Collapse Life host Zahra Sethna welcomes back Peter C. Earle of the American Institute for Economic Research to cut through the noise and explain what’s really happening.

Key topics discussed:
• Why tariffs could spark a slow squeeze on small businesses and consumers
• The Fed’s impossible balancing act between jobs and prices
• The reality behind the jobs numbers and the Bureau of Labor Statistics shake-up
• Inflation confusion: why “cooling” still feels like sticker shock
• The dollar’s long, slow fade — not collapse, but erosion

If you care about your wallet, this conversation is definitely worth a watch.

Relevant links:
The American Institute for Economic Research website https://aier.org/
Articles by Peter C. Earle https://aier.org/people/peter-c-earle/
Peter C. Earle on X https://x.com/peter_c_earle

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