VIDEO – THE MONARCHS OF MONEY – THE UNPRECEDENTED POWER OF THE CENTRAL BANKERSS
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FORMER HEAD OF BB&T GIVES CAUSES OF 2008 FINANCIAL MELTDOWN
THE WASHINGTON TIMES DECKER: 5 Questions with BB&T’s John Allison ‘It’s easier for government to control a few large institutions’ By Brett M. Decker– Brett M. Decker, former Editorial Page Editor for The Washington Times, was an editorial page writer and editor for the Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Senior Vice President of
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ECONOMIC JUDGEMENT DAY
Economic Judgment Day Richard W. Rahn is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and chairman of the Institute for Global Economic Growth By Richard W. Rahn This article appeared in The Washington Times on January 22, 2013 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The Departments of Defense, State and Justice are authorized by the Constitution
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WHO CAUSED THE FINANCIAL COLLAPSE?
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Money for Nothing Who caused the financial collapse? Just about everyone. Lewis E. Lehrman January 14, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 17 The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure – Why Pure Capitalism Is the World Economy’s Only Hope by John A. Allison, McGraw-Hill 320 pages, $28 EXCERPT
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THE PERILS OF THE ZERO INTEREST RATE POLICY
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) We’ve Been ZIRPed The perils of the zero interest rate policy. Andy Kessler December 24, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 15 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Savers are getting ripped off. Interest rates are near zero, yet the inflation rate as of October 2012 was 2.2 percent, which means real
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THE MAGNITUDE OF THE MESS WE’RE IN
September 17, 2012 The Magnitude of the Mess We’re In The next Treasury secretary will confront problems so daunting that even Alexander Hamilton would have trouble preserving the full faith and credit of the United States. By George P. Shultz, Michael J. Boskin, John F. Cogan, Allan H. Meltzer and John B. Taylor – The
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OBAMA’S EXCUSES FOR OIL PRICE RISE
FEBRUARY 24, 2012 ‘Stupid’ and Oil Prices Obama’s Forrest Gump analysis of rising gas prices. ‘The American people aren’t stupid,” thundered President Obama yesterday in Miami, ridiculing Republicans who are blaming him for rising gasoline prices. Let’s hope he’s right, because not even Forrest Gump could believe the logic of what Mr. Obama is trying
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THE FED’S NEAR-ZERO INTEREST RATE AND ITS IMPACT
FEBRUARY 6, 2012 The Fed Votes No Confidence The prolonged—’emergency’—near-zero interest rate policy is harming the economy. By CHARLES SCHWAB Mr. Schwab is founder and chairman of the Charles Schwab Corporation We’re now in the 37th month of central government manipulation of the free-market system through the Federal Reserve’s near-zero interest rate policy. Is it
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THE FEDERAL RESERVE AND THE ZERO DECADE
JANUARY 27, 2012 The Zero Decade The Fed doubles down to reflate the housing market. The two most powerful men in Washington have a big disagreement. No, not President Obama and Speaker John Boehner. We mean Mr. Obama and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who can’t seem to agree on the health of the U.S.
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