Posts Tagged ‘The Fed’

“Small Is Beautiful” Guy Hearts Fed

Here’s a reply I just wrote to an email asking me where a certain person got the idea that the economy was in recession 40% of the time in the nineteenth century.  I am calling the person X, because he’s about the most uncharitable (and uncomprehending) antagonist I’ve ever faced — yes, even a genial [...]


The Fed Appoints Three New Drones. Hooray

On Bloomberg, Jim Grant is asked how he feels about the three yes-men about to be appointed to the Fed.  Most guests would offer a few empty statements about the great qualifications of our new overlords.  Grant, on the other hand, gives a reply that only a few people in the world would give — [...]


The Founding of the Fed

(h/t Lew Rockwell)


More Power to the Fed?

Last Thursday, Ron Paul appeared on Bloomberg TV to discuss the Federal Reserve, placing the Consumer Financial Protection Agency under the Fed, and the need for government to stop intervening in the economy.