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by Jeffrey P. Snider The Federal Reserve under Ben Bernanke committed several unforgivable mistakes during his tumultuous tenure, but cumulatively they could be easily…
By George Selgin Of the many questions reporters asked Janet Yellen on Wednesday, at her press conference following the FOMC’s decision to raise the Fed’s policy…
In what was the clearest sign to date that the Fed is targeting the stock market bubble with its rate hikes (recall two weeks…
By G. P. Manish and Felicia Cowley Keynesian economics has witnessed a remarkable resurgence since the crisis of 2008. The inability of mainstream economics to predict or…
According to Alan Greenspan in a speech delivered at Stanford University in September 1997, monetary policy in the United States had been shed of…
By Brendan Brown Yellen, like notorious previous Fed chiefs including Strong, Martin, and Greenspan, can now claim success in having prolonged and strengthened an asset…
Over three years ago, in November 2013, when the world’s attention was still largely focused on what the “Big 4” central banks would do…
Michael Tomlinson is Deputy Chairman of the European Research Group (ERG), and is MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole. I grant you that…
It is the exorbitant privilege of the United States that it can conjure the world’s primary reserve currency, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, then French finance…
She’s been a bad girl. She’s like a chemical. Though you try to stop it, she’s like a narcotic. You wanna torture her. You…