The Fed

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Alasdair Macleod

The Fed and other central banks are entering into a huge money-printing experiment in hopes of keeping the government-spending machine going at full speed forever. The unintended consequences will be highly destructive.

Paul F. Cwik

By protecting banks from the costs of poor investment decisions, central banks encourage further risk taking and malinvestment. They also prevent liquidation, which brings failed businesses' assets to the market at bargain prices, allowing new businesses to emerge from the detritus.

Peter St. Onge

The new Fed policy proposals being floated carry significant political risk, because they enjoy support not just from the redistributionist left, but also “business conservatives” happy to raid our future to make their pain stop.

Thorsten Polleit

Central banks are at the heart of government mega–bailout packages. Their ongoing expansion of the money supply won't end well.

Andrew Moran

Wouldn’t you feel great knowing that your stock picking is fully insured by the Fed? Billionaires and wealthy hedge fund managers know the feeling.

Jeff Deist
The Fed is, in effect, a lawless economic government unto itself. It is the lender of first resort, a kind of reverse pawnshop that pays top dollar for rapidly declining assets.