by Dan Mitchell | Jun 15, 2011 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Ben Bernanke is definitely trying hard to overtake Arthur Burns and G. William Miller (those wonderful guys who helped give us the 1970s) as the worst Fed Chairman of the modern era. But unlike Burns and Miller, who “earned” their poor reputations with bad monetary...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 21, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Monetary Policy
To put it mildly, the Federal Reserve has a dismal track record. It bears significant responsibility for almost every major economic upheaval of the past 100 years, including the Great Depression, the 1970s stagflation, and the recent financial crisis. Perhaps the...
by CF&P | Mar 21, 2011 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Monday, March 21, 2011 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org CF&P Video Condemns Federal Reserve, Discusses Ways to Fix Monetary Policy (Washington, D.C., Monday, March 21, 2011) A new video...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 10, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Monetary Policy
A lot of guests for this appearance, but I think I got a fair share of airtime. More important, I explained why it is not a good thing for Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve to let the inflation genie out of the bottle. Monetary policy is one area where I always try...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 3, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
As I’ve noted on previous occasions, I’m not a fan of Ben Bernanke and his actions at the Federal Reserve, though it is possible that QE2 may be the right policy (albeit for different reasons than publicly stated by the Fed Chairman). I’ve had several people say to...
