OCTOBER 13, 2011 This candidate will have to be pushed a lot harder to make him a good president. By DANIEL HENNINGER Watching Rick Perry in the Republican debate at Dartmouth say that the answer to every aspect of economic revival is to “get our energy industry back to work,” and watching Herman Cain say […]
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The American Spectator By Peter Ferrara on 10.5.11 As previewed at the last debate, he’s delivered a product “far bolder, far deeper, far more profound” than 1994’s Contract, not to mention 1980’s. Last week, Newt Gingrich released his 21st Century Contract with America, composed of 10 specific legislative proposals he would enact if elected President. In
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 Barney Frank’s Fed Packing Plan A proposal to punish the hard-money regional bank presidents. Among Washington’s modern ironies is that liberals think a Federal Reserve that is increasingly a creature of the White House and Congress has too much independence. So along comes Barney Frank with a plan to make the central
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011, 10:12 A.M. ET The Fed ‘Twist’ That Won’t Dance Bond-buying creates an obvious conflict of interest because the Fed’s portfolio loses value if it raises interest rates. By DAVID MALPASS EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The Fed will get attaboys from markets if it buys more bonds. The bond market loves a whale,
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 It is inherently American to work, to risk and to dream. Our government’s policies should encourage that. By HERMAN CAINMr. Cain, a Republican, is running for president of the United States. He is a former chairman and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza and a former chairman of the board of directors to the
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THE NEW YORK TIMES August 27, 2011 The Rescue That Missed Main Street By GRETCHEN MORGENSON FOR the last three years we have been told repeatedly by government officials that funneling hundreds of billions of dollars to large and teetering banks during the credit crisis was necessary to save the financial system, and beneficial to
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AUGUST 26, 2011 How is increasing the price of imported oil and industrial commodities supposed to make U.S. industry more competitive? By ALAN REYNOLDS One year ago, on Aug. 27, 2010, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke explained the rationale for a second round of quantitative easing. “A first option for providing additional monetary accommodation is
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FOX NEWS segment in 2008 – Chuck Schumer and Barney Frank block Fannie and Freddie reform
Published on FINANCIAL SENSE (http://www.financialsense.com) By James Quinn Created 15 Aug 2011 The utter failure of QE2, hollow Congressional spending “cuts” that will keep the National Debt on track towards $23 trillion by 2021, S&P downgrade and recent plunge in the stock market are the first cracks in the façade of the great American Empire.
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AUGUST 10, 2011 A New Strategy for Economic Growth Growth is not just about economics. Growth unleashes human potential. By KEVIN WARSH AND JEB BUSH As the economy continues to struggle, we are reminded of a course offered at Yale University titled “Grand Strategy.” Drawing on a weighty curriculum of history and philosophy, the course
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