The Fed and the Filthy Rich: An Interview with Mark Thornton
Interviewed by host Phil Pepin, Mark Thornton discusses the fed’s rol
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Salerno’s “Modest Proposal” paper is in Top 10 Downloads
Joseph Salerno's paper "A Modest Proposal for Reining in the Bernanke Fed" is now in the Top 10 in downloads on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) in the category of "Response to Financial Crisis." (no kidding!) SSRN is the primary depository of working paper in economics and the social sciences. You can download Joe's paper here for free.
Margin Debt At All Time High
Not only are stock markets near all time highs, the amount of margin debt is also at all time highs. Margin debt is money borrowed to leverage the purchasing power of portfolios.
Former Fed Official: Fed is “out of line”
Why is it that only former Fed officials are willing to say the truth about the economy and monetary policy. I know they don't know the whole truth and they are blinded by power, but why do they always wait till they are "former" to tell the truth.
Why Is the Fed Punishing My Parents?
Thanks to the central bank, those who worked hard and "played by the rules" all their lives now face an uncertain future as inflation chips away at their savings and threatens their financial stability.
“In other words, you cannot accurately forecast a recession or financial panic by looking at either the announcement or the completion of the world’s tallest building”
"In other words, you cannot accurately forecast a recession or financial panic by looking at either the announcement or the completion of the world’s tallest building"
So The Economist apparently does not think too "highly" of my skyscraper theory
Paul-Martin Foss: From Ron Paul’s Office to the Carl Menger Center
Jeff Deist and Paul-Martin Foss discuss we should end the Fed.
Europeans Overcoming Their Apoplithorismosphobia
Europeans have long been fearful of the prospects of price deflation, but now that it has arrived they have embraced it.
Fed Tries to Figure Out How to Raise Interest Rates by a 1/4 of 1%
The Fed has been messing with interest rates for a century and suddenly they have forgotten how to raise interest rates?
Transparency or Deception: What the Fed Was Saying in 2007
This paper examines the communications of officials from the Federal Reserve during 2007, the year between the end of the housing bubble and the beginning of the financial crisis.
