Economics

Freezing the Economy with Global Warming Taxes & Regulation

Will the politicians in Washington succeed in freezing our economy to death under the pretext of saving us from a non-existent global warming...

William F. Jasper May 21, 2010

Senate Caves to Fed Pressure, Waters Down Audit

William F. Jasper May 11, 2010

Just before noon on Tuesday, May 11, the U.S. Senate agreed to a one-time audit of the Federal Reserve's emergency actions taken in...

$Trillion Bailout of Euro, Greece Shows Need to Audit the Fed

William F. Jasper May 10, 2010

The timing of the sellout by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) last Thursday, May 6, on legislation to audit the Federal Reserve could not...

The New Frugality

Bruce Walker May 4, 2010

Long term caution is affecting the economic decisions of millions of baby boomers. The continued growth of investment values led millions of Americans...

Fed Facing Lawsuits, Criminal Complaints Over Market Manipulation

Alex Newman April 27, 2010

In addition to valiant congressional efforts for increased transparency, the Federal Reserve System and its cohorts are being targeted with criminal complaints and...

Austrian Economics Rising

Thomas R. Eddlem April 15, 2010

“Peter, you have been mocked on all of these financial shows going back to 2005. Going back to 2005! Not only did you...

Social Security’s Nest Egg is Officially Cracked

Bob Adelmann March 16, 2010

In a misleading article by Associated Press that IOUs “stashed away” in an investment account in Parkersburg, West Virginia, were going to have to...

Fed Wages PR Battle for Power, Secrecy

Alex Newman March 12, 2010

After hiring lobbyists last year to protect its interests amidst increasing public and congressional scrutiny, the Federal Reserve banking cartel is stepping up...

IMF Seeks New Mandate, Global Currency

Alex Newman March 2, 2010

International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn made a series of headline-grabbing statements late last week, calling for new supervisory authority over world financial...

CIT Founders and Taxpayers Foot the Bill

February 11, 2010

It’s official: the U.S. taxpayer is now on the hook for $2.33 billion in TARP funds given to CIT Group back in December...

Geithner: No Double Dip

Bob Adelmann February 10, 2010

When he appeared on ABC News's This Week on February 7, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was quizzed about the risk of the...

Latest on the Economy: Heading Up, or Head Fake?

Bob Adelmann February 1, 2010

When the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced that “the output of goods and services…increased at an annual rate of 5.7 percent in the...

Obama’s State of the Union — And the Economy

January 26, 2010

Although the likelihood that President Obama will embrace a free-market solution to fixing the economy anytime soon must be reckoned similar to the...