Recession “Double-Dip” Coming?
In spite of forecasts by some commentators of an improving economy, several factors point to a coming, even worse, "double-dip" recession: false government...
Economic Commentary
Bernanke Attacks Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed Bill
Federal Reserve Open Market Committee Chairman Ben Bernanke is pulling out all the stops to kill Congressman Ron Paul's legislation to audit the...
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Pelosi: More Stimulus Will Create Jobs. Really?
With rampant foreclosures and declarations of bankruptcy, historic levels of money creation, a plummeting dollar, and double-digit unemployment, one would think that the...
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Federal Reserve Has Become a Focal Point of Public Anger
The Federal Reserve is facing its severest scrutiny since the 1930s, both from an aroused public and from members of Congress, some of...
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Inflation? What inflation?
We dont have to hire historians to see where deficit spending will take us. We have only to look around now. Since the...
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Government Website Claims Stimulus Successes in Nonexistent Districts
President Obama’s stimulus package is reviving the economy and providing work for eager Americans all over the country. Don’t believe it? Just ask...
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Mayhem, Money, & Morality
Anyone trying to figure out what in the world is going on in today’s economy might remember Agatha Christie’s classic, Murder on the...
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What Dodd’s Bill to Clip Fed Powers Really Entails
Senator Christopher Dodd and fellow Senate Democrats are proposing to scale back the regulatory authority of the Federal Reserve and eliminate the Office...
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Samuelson Ponders Unthinkable: U.S. Govt Default
In Robert J. Samuelson’s latest op-ed piece for the Washington Post, “Could America Go Broke?”, the longtime editor and economic and business writer...
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The Alleged One-million-job Stimulus
According to the White House on October 30, the $787-billion stimulus plan has created or saved about one million jobs, but that number...
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Legislation Targets Financial Sector
Less than a week after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke urged Congress to act with dispatch to pass new legislation giving the Fed...
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What Is a Real Sign the Recession’s Ending?
News that another 263,000 jobs were lost in September has led a number of uninformed analysts to wonder whether the recession will continue....
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Ron Paul on Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Ron Paul is clearly on a political roll. He's got his new book End the Fed running toward the top of the bestseller...
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G-20 Summit Designs for Global Economy
The G-20 Pittsburgh summit is over, and the Steel City is returning to normal. For the rest of the world, however, the latest...
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G-20 Advances New World Order, Media Admit
Almost as if a global memo had been sent out, headlines of major media outlets across the planet announced the unfolding of the...
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