Obama’s “Glimmers of Hope” for Economy
President Barack Obama’s statement last Friday that we’re “starting to see ... glimmers of hope across the economy” has gotten quite a bit...
Economic Commentary
“Conspiracy Theorists” Not So Crazy After All
Sometimes one wonders what it will take to wake people up and shake people...
G20 Pledges Supersized IMF
The much-ballyhooed G20 London lollapalooza is over, and things are going to change, according...
Global-currency Call Gets Nod From Geithner, Others
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has given a nod of approval to China’s call...
Geithner’s Nationalization Plan Won’t Work
It’s official: the Obama administration intends to nationalize the entire financial sector. If there...
Obama’s Charm Offensive for Big Deficits
President Barack Obama is in the middle of his national tour to convince the...
Channeling the Outrage Over AIG Bonuses
The American people are understandably outraged to learn that the American International Group (AIG),...
CFR Corporate Members Get Lion’s Share of Bailout Funds
Newspapers are fixated upon $160 million in bonuses given to American International Group (AIG)...
“Toxic Asset” Plan Based on Fascist Model
The Obama administration’s long-awaited proposal to remove so-called “toxic” mortgage-backed assets from U.S. banks...
The Fed to Create More Than $1 Trillion
If there were any lingering doubts as to where the Federal Reserve’s expansive monetary...
UN Panel to Say World Should Ditch Dollar
A United Nations panel is about to recommend that the world abandon the dollar...
Fed Bailouts More Outrageous Than AIG Bonuses
All of the feigned outrage in Washington over the millions that AIG has been...
Obama Budget: A New Era of Irresponsibility
President Barack Obama has just recently released his $3.55 trillion fiscal 2010 budget, and...
G20 Consensus Hostile to Free Market
If the talk at the G20 gathering in England is any indication, the hard-beset...
AIG, Bailouts, and the Banks
Official Washington is an a tizzy over new revelations, courtesy of the Wall Street...
The Inflation Tax
If the American taxpayers knew how much the federal government was actually costing them,...
Economy Killers
“The only way to fully restore America’s economic strength is to make long-term investments...
Stimulating Government, Not the Economy
ITEM: The New York Times reported on January 28, 2009: The stimulus bill...
What the Shrinking GDP Means
The U.S. economy shrank at an annualized rate of 6.2 percent in the final...
Obama Outlined Economic Fascism to Congress
President Barack Obama outlined a financial plan in his February 24 address to Congress...