Tag Archives: Federal Reserve System

The Federal Reserve: A few things you might not have known.

The nice folks over at OnlineMBA.com asked us if we would be interested in running the below video. Usually, I am little hesitant when we receive requests like this since you never quite know what sort of outlandish rubbish you … Continue reading

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The Case for the Supply-Side at the Zero Bound

Since recession has come and supposedly gone, our officials have seemingly taxed their available arsenal of policy choices to correct the direction of our economy. We have seen a trillion dollars in bank recapitalization efforts, another trillion in countercyclical fiscal … Continue reading

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A little piece of Sub-Prime history.

In most cases people talk about hindsight being 20/20. In the case of the Office of theComptroller of the Currency and sub-prime loans, it was their foresight which was 20/20. From March of 1999. The Office of the Comptroller of … Continue reading

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Paul Krugman: Stimulus Hophead

The ridiculousness of economist and Nobel laureate, Paul Krugman became apparent to me about three or four years ago. I don’t exactly remember which specific article it was that alluded to me that he had gone off of the deep end. But, … Continue reading

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Bruce Bartlett to Rick Perry, “You’re an idiot.”

Bruce Bartlett, former Treasury Secretary under former President George H.W. Bush, implicitly stated on CNN’s American Morning, that, “Rick Perry‘s an idiot, and I don’t think anyone would disagree with that.” The reason? Bartlett’s feelings are hurt because Perry said that … Continue reading

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