The Fed

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William L. Anderson

Bernanke has opened the Fed's checkbook in an unprecedented fashion. He claims to be "saving" the financial system. In reality he is destroying it.

Kel Kelly
The fact is that it is their money pumping that is driving both GDP growth and commodities prices — but not the real economy.
Laura Davidson
In the inflation-deflation debate, credit is the most important factor affecting prices. Is this opinion based on a sound understanding of economics?
William L. Anderson

The Fed economists and their supporters really believe — truly believe — that they are the rescuers of our economy.

Mark Brandly
Gasoline prices would be 27 percent lower today if the dollar had held its value relative to the euro over the last decade.
Robert P. Murphy

Why should we care about his predictions concerning the economy or his recommendations for how to end the slump? The answer, of course, is that the Federal Reserve has the power to destroy the world economy.

Shawn Ritenour

We cannot eat money. We cannot wear money. We cannot live in money. Money can't buy you love.

Robert P. Murphy

The federal government is digging itself deeper and deeper into debt at an alarming rate.

Douglas E. French

Lord Keynes was constantly worried that people were saving too much and consuming too little — thus the need for more and cheaper money to stimulate the economy. Mr. Bernanke is nothing if not a good Keynesian, and his low rates make even the savviest question whether to forgo consumption.

Frank D. Graham

No one will suspect John Adams of demagogy, but he was quick to denounce any issue of private bank notes as a fraud upon the public.