Tag Archives: federal reserve
Clogging Up the Economy
By most accounts, as the season turned from winter to spring in 2013, economic recovery was ready to bloom. The economy’s fields had been tilled and planted with care…housing was finally on the upswing. Plus, the Federal Reserve was sprinkling … Continue reading
The Biggest Baddest Bubble of All
“The Fed is ‘like a wet blanket all over the economy,”’ said David Stockman on The Daily Ticker on Tuesday. “Everything is being micromanaged by them … they will fail and take private enterprise economy down with it.” The former … Continue reading
Open Season on Savers
Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises called it time preference. That is, the assumption that, all else being equal, people prefer attainment of a given end sooner rather than later. People prefer present satisfaction over future satisfaction. These days’ people’s time … Continue reading
Dark Clouds on the Horizon
Wow! Just when we thought we’d seen it all, something fantastic happened. What a delightful treat… The tiny island nation of Cyprus has the whole European continent welcoming spring with the frosted hearts of a December blizzard. For a brief … Continue reading
