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An Audacious Plan to Fix the QE Non-Taper and Fiscal Non-Action in One Swift Move
If you’re anything like us, you may have reached the conclusions that: Our elected officials are charting a course to a fiscal disaster. The Fed is repeating past mistakes by setting us up for another bust. After the drama of … Continue reading
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Tagged Austrian business cycle theory, CBO projections, debt ceiling debate, Eccles Building, Fed outlook, Ford House, non-tapering surprise, QE, tapering plan, ZIRP
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Yellin’ for Yellen: I Must Have Fallen Asleep and Woken Up in 2006
After reading the coverage of Janet Yellen’s Fed Chair nomination yesterday, it feels as though it’s 2006 all over again. Confidence in our central bankers seems to be approaching all-time highs, little more than five years after it collapsed alongside … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Greenspan, asset inflation, Ben Bernanke, forward guidance, Friedman's forecasting, Galbraith, Great Moderation, Huffington Post, Janet Yellen, John Kenneth Galbraith, Justin Wolfers, Milton Friedman, Paul Volcker, QE, Ryan Grimm, the majority is always wrong, Yellen nomination, ZIRP
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Confession Time: Money Printing Enthusiasts Should Admit the Obvious
Imagine a football coach who hasn’t caught onto the game’s complexities and continues to run the same play – call it a fullback dive – over and over. When I read calls for more monetary stimulus, I feel as though … Continue reading