The Nobel for Government Intervention: Bernanke and Others Rewarded for Flawed Theories
This year's trio of Nobel winners in economics are short on actual economics and long on government intervention.
The Fed
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Federal Reserve Tampering with Interest Rates Distorts the Shape of the Yield Curve
In a free market, short-term and long-term rates would move toward convergence. Fed interference with interest rates ensures that won't happen.
The Nobel for Government Intervention: Bernanke and Others Rewarded for Flawed Theories
This year's trio of Nobel winners in economics are short on actual economics and long on government intervention.
Thanks to the Fed, You’ll Work More This Year to Keep Last Year’s Standard of Living
This is the "American dream" the Fed has given us: work more jobs and longer hours to keep paying those bills that are now growing at 8 percent per year.
Fed Socialist Money Manipulation Cancels Individuals’ Better Judgment
Government inflation makes people’s responses much more delayed, leaving people’s value adding greatly degraded.
Bernanke’s Sordid Nobel Prize
Bob and Jeff discuss the nauseating elevation of former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke to Nobel Prize winner.
Austrian Economics versus the Federal Reserve
Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 7, 2022.
The Fed’s Real Mandate
The standard line is that the Federal Reserve System has two mandates, keep unemployment low and create price stability. Mark Thornton notes that the real agenda is found elsewhere.
America’s Experiment in Zero-Gravity Finance
Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 6th, 2022.
It’s All about the Benjamins: Why the Dollar Determines US Policies
The US dollar is not the world's "reserve" currency because of responsibility on behalf of the monetary authorities. Instead, the dollar's "strength" wages from the USA's self-appointed role as the world's protector.
