by Dan Mitchell | Aug 11, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Monetary Policy, Taxation
Allen Meltzer, an economist at Carnegie Mellon University, writes today in the Wall Street Journal about the Fed’s worrisome announcement that it will continue the easy-money policy of artificially low interest rates. Professor Meltzer’s key point (at least to me) is...
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 | Jun 2, 2011 | Blogs, Financial Privacy, Monetary Policy
I’m depressed about the global network of tax police being organized by the OECD and high-tax governments. If successful, it will lead to much bigger, more oppressive government. But maybe there’s a way of fighting back. Here’s a video from the folks at Reason TV...
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...
