http://www.wsj.com/articles/they-want-your-ira-1459985170 THE WALL STREET JOURNAL They Want Your IRA The White House pushes investors toward government accounts. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez in Washington D.C. on April 30, 2015. Photo: CQ-Roll Call,Inc. April 7, 2016 President Obama’s regulators aren’t slowing down, alas. And on Wednesday they unveiled another part of their plan to push […]
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL FANNIE AND FREDDIE FOREVER Dec. 31, 2015 Washington is a place where bad ideas go to live forever. How else to explain the latest innovation from federal regulators to keep Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac dominating the market for mortgage finance? Prior to the financial crisis of 2008, these two
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL http://www.wsj.com/articles/reining-in-a-sprawling-federal-reserve-1447978230 Reining In a Sprawling Federal Reserve The Fed’s greater powers increase the need for close scrutiny of its activities. By Jeb Hensarling Mr. Hensarling, a Republican congressman from Texas, is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Nov. 20, 2015 Since the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Reserve has
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THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Fed, the White House and Congress are setting up the next financial bubble By Stephen Moore – – Sunday, October 11, 2015 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The point is that government and politicians have no learning curve. All of the conditions of financial wreckage are reappearing. This is why congressional
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) ——————————————————————————– http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/articles/course-they-re-fed_1024821.html Of Course They’re Fed Up The left blames economic woes on everything except its hero president. Stephen Moore September 14, 2015, Vol. 21, No. 01 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The left has gotten very good at telling the American people what they can’t do. They can’t
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http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/mortgage-madness_952538.html Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) BOOK REVIEW – HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT: What Really Caused the World’s Worst Financial Crisis and Why It Could Happen Again by Peter J. Wallison Mortgage Madness Blame for the 2008 financial collapse is, and should be, widespread. Jay Cost June 1, 2015, Vol. 20, No. 36 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Ex-Im and Beyond Jay Cost May 18, 2015, Vol. 20, No. 34 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: And yet, one can only marvel at the struggle over this program. If an agency as questionable as Ex-Im can be eliminated only by a herculean effort, what hope is there of doing away with
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL What’s Wrong With the Golden Goose? ‘Secular stagnation’ isn’t to blame for lousy U.S. growth rates. Obama’s higher taxes and regulatory assault are. By Phil Gramm Mr. Gramm, a former Republican senator from Texas, is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute April 21, 2015 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Our Financial Crisis Amnesia Remember the S&L crisis? Nobody else does either. And we’ll soon forget about 2008 too. By Alex J. PollockMr. Pollock is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and was president and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago 1991-2004. July 10, 2014
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