The Fed

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Frank Shostak

By focusing on the symptoms rather than causes, there is no way that one can make an economy more healthy and prosperous.

Thorsten Polleit
For governments in general and the US government in particular, Ludwig von Mises had a policy recommendation: do not increase the stock of money any further.
Frank Shostak

How glorious and wonderful is the appointment of Ben Bernanke? Frank Shostak says not at all, because his theory is wrong.

Roger W. Garrison

Roger Garrison on the new Fed chairman: Bernanke's idea of "inflation targeting" is in need of some deconstruction. 

Jeffrey A. Tucker

Bill Fleckenstein (MSN Money) says that the next Fed chairman should “Be well-v

Robert Blumen

Bloomberg reports on the annual central bank

Thorsten Polleit

Index targeting is widely viewed as a state-of-the-art concept, writes Thorstein Polleit. But in Mises's view, the very idea of measuring price levels toward stabilization is theoretically untenable and politically dangerous.

Robert Blumen

If the Mises Site is not enough, there is now another source on the web for economic education (this via Jeff Scott):

Stefan Karlsson

Greenspan speaks of a condundrum whereby long-term yields on government bonds are surprisingly low. Why anyone would invest in them is a legitimate question, writes Stefan Karlsson.