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Showing posts with label Federal Reserve Bank. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Federal Reserve Bank. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Letter to Senator Grahm Re Moore Nomination

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Dear Senator Graham: I noticed your comments about Stephen Moore.  I appreciate the importance of shallow grandstanding in politics, but y...
Friday, October 26, 2018

How High Can the VIX Go?

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VXX over the Past 10 Years. Chart Courtesy of Nasdaq.com The VIX measures stock market volatility.  Over the past ten years, it ...
Thursday, August 23, 2018

The Progressive Syllogism

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This is the progressive syllogism: (1) The Federal Reserve Bank prints money. (2) The money is invested in tech firms like Twitter and F...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Stock Buybacks and the Wisdom of Presidents

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Steven Pearlstein of the Washington Post  published an article that draws a parallel between the mortgage bubble of the Bush years and the c...
Monday, June 11, 2018

Public Opinion about the Fed

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Pew has done an interesting opinion survey about the Fed. Pew finds that Democrats and leftists tend to like the Fed while Republicans a...
Sunday, December 24, 2017

The Banking Interests Behind the New Deal

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In 2014 Nomi Prins wrote this piece in Fortune about the bankers behind the New Deal.  The New Deal was a banking revolution. The social...
Monday, April 3, 2017

Judge Gorsuch and the Dissolution of the Administrative State

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The New York Sun ran an editorial today about a New York Times article by two children of left-wing judges.  They claim that the appointme...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

The Superbubble and the Wisdom in Owning Gold

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Gold Prices Since '08--An 18-Month Stagnation Mirrors the 1983-2001 Era Money Supply M1:  Obama Meant Change Monetary Base...
Thursday, January 17, 2013

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense

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I have been preparing a new course called Government and Business, and I wanted to include a few examples of the consequences of monetary ex...
Friday, March 30, 2012

The Federal Reserve Goes Parabolic

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When traders say that a security has gone parabolic, they mean its price is increasing at an increasing rate.  Naive investors are drawn to ...
Sunday, January 22, 2012

Gingrich, Like Cagney, Is Better than Romney

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  Newt Gives It to the Taxpayers The Economist was ebullient when Romney was winning. Now that Gingrich has trounced Romney in South Ca...
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Monday, January 2, 2012

My Letter to the Kingston Freeman Concerning Gary Weiss's Op Ed

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The Kingston Freeman published my letter in response to Gary Weiss's Op Ed concerning Ron Paul: Dear Editor: Congressman Ron Paul ...
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Monday, August 22, 2011

1933: Democratic Party Government Steals Public's Gold

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H/t Daily Bail . From The Pittsburgh Press , March 10, 1933.   "Fear of public disgrace or threatened fine or imprisonment drove hun...
Friday, July 15, 2011

Learning from Jefferson

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In 1791 there was a debate as to whether Congress should establish a central bank.  As Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton conceived of i...
Monday, July 11, 2011

A Federal Reserve Bank Position is Bachmann's Acid Test

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I spent a few minutes Googling +Michele Bachmann +"Federal Reserve Bank" and found little. Bachmann's website says that she i...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Letter to Michele Bachmann Concerning the Fed

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PO Box 130 West Shokan, NY 12494 June 26, 2011 Michele Bachmann 103 Cannon HOB Washington, DC 20515 Dear Ms. Bachmann: Please take a posi...
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Friday, June 10, 2011

Jim Rogers Paints Bleak Scenario

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In a June 8 interview on CNBC Jim Rogers paints a bleak outlook for the US economy.  Much of what he says coincides with Ron Paul's 200...
Thursday, June 9, 2011

Review of Ron Paul's "End the Fed"

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  I just submitted this piece to Mike Marnell's Lincoln Eagle. It may appear in the June or July issue. Review: Ron Paul's ...
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