Tom Duncan

“Garrett Demands Further Answers from Geithner”

“Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) is calling on Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to clarify the uncertainty surrounding the status of the GSE debt; specifically, whether the corporate debt issued by Fannie […]

Dr. Richard Ebeling to talk at GMU!

Our friends at the GMU Economics Society & the Future of Freedom Foundation invite you to the last installment of the Economic Liberty Lecture Series of this year with Dr. Richard […]

“Irresponsible lending prohibited by OTF”

“The new requirements form part of new guidance from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to counteract irresponsible lending. ‘[We] expect all consumer credit businesses to fully comply with both […]

“Unemployment and Inflation Inch Up in Europe”

“The unemployment rate in the euro area inched up to touch double digits in February, while inflation accelerated more than economists had forecast, probably a result of higher food and […]

The Seigniorage Curse

“The Seigniorage Curse appears to hollow out the economy by the following manner: First, the premium charged to holders of dollars becomes a new source of accrued, aggregate revenue. This […]

Obama’s Mortgage Plan Won’t Bring Relief

“Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, and the rest of the crew running economic policy somehow could not see the housing bubble as it grew to more than $8tn. It really should […]

“Break Up the Banks”

“Big banks are bad for free markets. Far from being engines of free enterprise, they are conducive to what might be called ‘crony capitalism,’ ‘corporatism,’ or, in Jonah Goldberg’s provocative […]

The Healthcare Question Revisited

A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece on the effect the new healthcare bill will have on your money, namely, the inflation that will result when the new system […]