Tag Archives: ben bernanke
How to Get Something for Nothing
The taste of a free lunch is always much richer. The smell is more aromatic. The taste is more flavorful. Most of all, the belly leaves the table more contented. But a free lunch is never really free. We thought … Continue reading
Economic Frankenstein
According to the Department of Labor, 148,000 jobs were created in September. The experts thought the number of new jobs would be closer to 180,000. Still, the unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a percent to 7.2 percent. No doubt, … Continue reading
The New Era of Fed Activism
The basic characteristic of an overextended government is that its institutions are rotten. Take the U.S. Post Office, for instance. It lost $15.9 billion in 2012. That’s over $43.5 million per day – flushed down the toilet – for an … Continue reading
Janet Yellen’s Bad Idea
Yesterday something quite remarkable happened. House Republicans and President Obama talked. We don’t know what it was they talked about. But, perhaps, it had something to do with raising the debt ceiling. Wall Street was elated. The DOW and the … Continue reading
