Tag Archives: federal reserve
Potato Sack Economics
Fiscal policy, as opposed to monetary policy, is more readily understood by the general populace. Income taxes, budget deficits, the national debt. These are all tangible things the average working stiff can grasp a hold of, if they care to. … Continue reading
Black Swan Fledgling – The Debt Crisis Takes Flight
The debt based money system plods along according to plan. The Fed offers unlimited credit. Public and private entities borrow and spend it. One of the more popular delusions of contemporary culture is disbelieving the money will ever have to … Continue reading
Command and Control Economics
Goldman Sachs, Larry Summers, and the global financial alliance got their way last Thursday. Fed Chair Janet Yellen rolled over and slobbered on herself like a yellow Labrador…offering more ZIRP to please her masters. Savers, seniors, and freedom lovers the … Continue reading
The Prelude to QE4
The U.S. economy officially exited the Great Recession in June 2009. But the recovery hasn’t done much to lift the broad population’s lot in life. Six years into it, and the economy trudges along like a jack donkey up a … Continue reading
