Fiscal Policy
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“Rising Rates Reveal Debt Reality” – Pento
“The Fed’s lucky streak of luring bond investors with low interest rates may be drawing to a close. Nevertheless, the extended period of low borrowing costs has bred a new […]
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“Current course leads to inflation”
“The Federal Reserve, and the Congress, are both playing a high-stakes game of risk. Essentially, the one is betting that it can spend its way out of our recession and […]
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“The New Big Picture”
“On the other hand, all that has happened is that the tax rates that have now been in force for almost 10 years have been continued for 2 more years. […]
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No Doubt Ben Bernanke Is Sincere, But What If He Is Sincerely Wrong?
“As you no doubt know, Ben Bernanke gave an interview tonight on CBS 60 Minutes. Let me stress once again, as I have in the past, that I consider Ben […]
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“Domestic Inflation Versus International Solvency” – Gary North
“The nation which indulges itself with an inflationary “boom” inev itably faces the economic conse quences: either runaway inflation or a serious recession-depression. If the inflation should cease, unem ployment […]
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“Fed Official Urges More Stimulus”
“Ballooning U.S. debt is a serious long-term threat, but the economy needs more stimulus now, a top Federal Reserve official said Wednesday. Fed Vice Chairwoman Janet Yellen said she supported […]
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“Inflation in One Page” – Henry Hazlitt
“Prolonged inflation never “stimulates” the economy. On the contrary, it unbalances, disrupts, and misdirects production and employment. Unemployment is mainly caused by excessive wage rates in some industries, brought about […]
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Calculating the Cost of Government – The Independent Institute
Our friends over at the Independent Institute are helping you find out just how much the U.S. government is costing you. Visit MyGovCost.org to access your Government Cost Calculator!
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“Fed’s Move Doesn’t Impress Top CEO’s”
“The sudden increase in capital investments would create jobs and encourage economic growth, which would then make it possible to weather the interest rate hikes the Fed would inevitably adopt […]
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“The Triumphant Return of Hayek” – Newsweek
“Last year the consensus opinion was that we are all Keynesians now. Virtually everyone in the commentariat believed that John Maynard Keynes’s solution for the Great Depression—heavy government spending to […]
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“Brazil’s Inflation Tops Estimates…”
“Inflation, as measured by the IPCA-15 price index, quickened to 0.86 percent in the month through mid-November from the same period a month earlier, the fastest pace in 9 months, […]
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“Ireland Crises Could Cause EU Collapse”
“The president of the European Union has warned that the EU could collapse unless the debt crisis that is gripping the region is resolved. Herman Van Rompuy, president of the […]