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Why Is Bernanke Trying to Fight the Bear?

Last Tuesday, January 22, 2008, the US central bank lowered its federal funds rate target by a hefty 0.75% to 3.5%.

Why Is Bernanke Trying to Fight the Bear?

Tags: Booms and Busts, The Fed

01/30/2008 • Frank Shostak

Last Tuesday, January 22, 2008, the US central bank lowered its federal funds rate target by a hefty 0.75% to 3.5%.

Genetic Discrimination Saves Lives

Thanks to recent technological innovations, companies like 23andMe are now able to offer comprehensive genetic profiles that

Genetic Discrimination Saves Lives

01/30/2008 • David Leo Veksler

Thanks to recent technological innovations, companies like 23andMe are now able to offer comprehensive genetic profiles that

NYC Secession for Self-Determination and Self-Rule?

Emboldened by Mayor Bloomberg’s testimony in Albany this week that the city’s taxpayers pay the state $11 billion a year more than they ge

NYC Secession for Self-Determination and Self-Rule?

01/30/2008 • Justin M. Ptak

Emboldened by Mayor Bloomberg’s testimony in Albany this week that the city’s taxpayers pay the state $11 billion a year more than they ge

A Creditors’ Protection Bill

The Fed and the rest of the government seem to think that their job is always to be sure tha

A Creditors’ Protection Bill

01/29/2008 • George Reisman

The Fed and the rest of the government seem to think that their job is always to be sure tha

Cheering NPR

I never thought I’d be cheering NPR, but Michelle Norris really makes Se

Cheering NPR

01/29/2008 • Jim Fedako

I never thought I’d be cheering NPR, but Michelle Norris really makes Se

Too sexy for mundane tasks

I briefly watched CNN International this morn

Too sexy for mundane tasks

01/29/2008 • Jim Fedako

I briefly watched CNN International this morn

The great fiscal stimulus package ... of 1929

Is the myth of the “do nothing” Herbert Hoover dying?

The great fiscal stimulus package ... of 1929

01/28/2008 • Stephen Carson

Is the myth of the “do nothing” Herbert Hoover dying?

Last Knight Live Blog 24 - Kraus

It is said that no other book on economics has done more to advance sound economics than Human Action: A Treatise on Economics.

Last Knight Live Blog 24 - Kraus

01/28/2008 • Lorenz Kraus

It is said that no other book on economics has done more to advance sound economics than Human Action: A Treatise on Economics.

The Broken Window Fallacy Reapplied

It is not a good thing to destroy wealth.

The Broken Window Fallacy Reapplied

Tags: Calculation and Knowledge, Production Theory

01/28/2008 • Christopher Westley

It is not a good thing to destroy wealth.

Pillars reviewed

Ron Paul’s Pillars of Prosperity is reviewed

Pillars reviewed

01/28/2008 • Jeffrey A. Tucker

Ron Paul’s Pillars of Prosperity is reviewed