Bernanke: Fed wrestles with size of aid program
Jeannine Aversa Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is prepared to take further steps to rejuvenate the economy by buying Treasury bonds but is…
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The Hidden Slavery of Interest
Anthony Migchels Activist Post – Contributing Writer Most advanced political and economic debate is dominated by the Americans. Through films like Zeitgeist Addendum, The Money…
Dollar tanks, stocks drop as Bernanke speech looms
Pan Pylas Associated Press LONDON – European and U.S. stock markets mostly fell Thursday as investors awaited a speech from the Federal Reserve chairman that…
The After-the-Fed Solutions Debate Begins: Greenbackers vs. Goldbugs
Eric Blair Activist Post The battle to expose the Federal Reserve has been long and arduous. It finally appears that after nearly 100 years of…
When the Fed Goes Bust, Ron Paul for Executor
James Grant Lew Rockwell These days, America’s federally compliant, too-big-to-fail financial institutions are hard at work on their living wills. The next time disaster strikes,…
US Federal Reserve set on QE2 course as dissenter speaks out
The Federal Reserve’s leading opponent against more quantitative easing said there’s “no strong evidence” it will work, as the minutes from the central bank’s last…
Paul Says ’12 Run Depends on the Fall of the U.S. Dollar
Lindsey Boerma National Journal Texas Rep. Ron Paul (R) told reporters Saturday that the bulk of the economic crisis is yet to come, and that…
Bank Sues Bernanke, Fed Over Limits On Fees
Dirk Lammers Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — TCF National Bank sued Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and the Fed’s board of governors on Tuesday,…
Currency Wars: The Phantom Financial Menace
AgentOgden Illustration Giordano Bruno NeitherCorp Press War, almost every kind of war, is first and foremost a production. A piece of live-action theater with “good…
A Spooked Economy in October
Dr. Ron Paul Campaign For Liberty Last week we received worse than expected unemployment numbers, challenging recent claims that the recession has come and gone….
Award-winning Investor: The Federal Reserve Will Implode
Robert Wenzel Economic Policy Journal Last night at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, author, investor and global traveller, Jim Rogers, was awarded the prestigious…
World job crisis is a threat to democracy, says IMF head
International Monetary Fund meeting dominated by fears that US job crisis will add to currency tensions with China Larry Elliot Guardian The International Monetary Fund…
Crude Oil Increases to Five-Month High as Dollar Drops on Fed Speculation
Mark Shenk and Margot Habiby Bloomberg Crude oil rose to a five-month high as the dollar declined on speculation the Federal Reserve will act to…
5 Key Principles that Unite Populist Progressives and Tea-Party Libertarians
“Rise like Lions after slumber; In unvanquishable number; Shake your chains to earth like dew; Which in sleep had fallen on you; Ye are many;…