Freezing the Economy with Global Warming Taxes & Regulation
Will the politicians in Washington succeed in freezing our economy to death under the pretext of saving us from a non-existent global warming...
Economics
Senate Caves to Fed Pressure, Waters Down Audit
Just before noon on Tuesday, May 11, the U.S. Senate agreed to a one-time...
$Trillion Bailout of Euro, Greece Shows Need to Audit the Fed
The timing of the sellout by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) last Thursday, May 6,...
The New Frugality
Long term caution is affecting the economic decisions of millions of baby boomers. The...
Fed Facing Lawsuits, Criminal Complaints Over Market Manipulation
In addition to valiant congressional efforts for increased transparency, the Federal Reserve System and...
Austrian Economics Rising
“Peter, you have been mocked on all of these financial shows going back to...
Social Security’s Nest Egg is Officially Cracked
In a misleading article by Associated Press that IOUs “stashed away” in an investment account...
Fed Wages PR Battle for Power, Secrecy
After hiring lobbyists last year to protect its interests amidst increasing public and congressional...
IMF Seeks New Mandate, Global Currency
International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn made a series of headline-grabbing statements late last...
CIT Founders and Taxpayers Foot the Bill
It’s official: the U.S. taxpayer is now on the hook for $2.33 billion in...
Geithner: No Double Dip
When he appeared on ABC News's This Week on February 7, U.S. Treasury Secretary...
Latest on the Economy: Heading Up, or Head Fake?
When the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced that “the output of goods and services…increased...
Obama’s State of the Union — And the Economy
Although the likelihood that President Obama will embrace a free-market solution to fixing the...
U.S. Debt Level Unsustainable, Report Says
“The debt level of the United States is unsustainable, something has to give,” said...
Federal Reserve Achieved Record Profits in 2009
Today more people are aware of the Federal Reserve's activities than ever before, mostly...
The Fed: Forever Blowing Bubbles
An article in the New York Times asked that since the Federal Reserve “failed...
Bernanke: Lax Oversight Recession’s Cause
Regulatory failures and not low interest rates were responsible for the housing bubble, implosion...
The Fed’s New Tool to Fight Inflation
Last Monday, the Federal Reserve unveiled its new “term deposit facility” as another tool...
Paul A. Samuelson, ‘Economics’ Textbook Author, Dies at 94
Long-renowned economist Paul Samuelson died on December 13 at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts,...
Nancy Pelosi Supports Global Tax on Stock Transactions to Fund Next Stimulus Bill
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is the Will Rogers of big government:...