Banking and the Fed as Enemies of Prosperity
The Mises Circle in Houston, Texas. Sponsored by Jeremy S. Davis. Recorded 22 January 2011. Includes a Question-and-Answer period.
The Fed
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Destroying Capital with the Printing Press
The Mises Circle in Houston, Texas. Sponsored by Jeremy S. Davis. Recorded 22 January 2011.
Ben Bernanke: Loose Talk and Loose Money
The Federal Reserve Chairman, Bernanke, calls a fall in purchasing power of the dollar by over 95% stable. Interest rates have been pushed to zero. Continual inflation is deliberate and designed. Bernanke pretends he knows what he is doing.
The Politics of Deflation
The Fed was created for the benefit of the banking class, and while it remains under the control of that class it will not pursue a policy that would lead to a breakdown in the monetary system from which the banking class profits.
Is There a Conservative Case for QE?
According to David Beckworth, the problem with our economy is that people aren't spending enough. This simple idea is very powerful; it permeates our financial press when they wring their hands and wonder if "the consumer" will buy enough to fix the economy.
Europe’s Tragic Crisis
At the root of the current crisis in Europe are the actions of the European Central Bank. As Philipp Bagus explains in his new book, only a realization of the true costs the euro has imposed on the continent in the past can shed light on the path to future recovery.
Monetary Planners as the Masters of Denial
One would think that being on the inside of many decades of careening one step ahead of monetary chaos might induce a sober, even cynical, spirit — that it might lead the insider to call for keeping one's metaphorical air-raid shelter well stocked and at the ready.
Burns Diary Exposes the Myth of Fed Independence
Burns's diary is page after page of political dirty dealing, lying, and backstabbing. Nixon went so far as to plant negative press about Burns and threatened to expand the Fed's Board of Governors to dilute the chairman's influence.
Have Events Vindicated Keynesian Models?
Paul Krugman took a macro forecast from Mark Zandi, and then after the fact compared it to the actual trajectory of GDP. Krugman concluded that Keynesian theory was vindicated, when in fact the results are more in line with what the critics predicted would happen.
