Trump Nominates New Federal Reserve Chairman
Nov 2, 2017 Jerome Powell, a Federal Reserve board member, is seen as a safe choice who represents continuity.
Council on Foreign Relations: It’s Time to Rain Money on Main Street
Sep 1, 2014 The September/October issue of Foreign Affairs features an article titled “Print Less But Transfer More: Why Central Banks Should Give Money Directly To The People.” It’s the sort of thing normally heard only from money reformers and Social Credit enthusiasts far from the mainstream. What’s going on?
Records Show Federal Reserve Wildly Misunderstood Crisis
Feb 23, 2014 "Hundreds of pages of transcripts, based on recordings made at the time, reveal the ignorance of Fed officials about economic conditions during the climactic months of the financial crisis," The New York Times reports.
Amend the Fed: We Need a Central Bank that Serves Main Street
Dec 8, 2013 Congress has the power to amend the Fed -- just as it did in 1934, 1958 and 2010. For the central bank to satisfy its mandate to promote full employment and become an institution that serves all the people -- not just the 1% -- the Fed needs fundamental reform.
Janet Yellen
Oct 21, 2013
The True State of the Economy
Oct 5, 2013 There is a tradeoff for all the loot Obama’s friends have been pilfering from working people, and that tradeoff is trust. Americans no longer have confidence in the government, the market or the justice system. And while the effects might not appear in the next month or two, there are sectors of the economy that are showing signs of weakness already.
The Leveraged Buyout of America
Aug 26, 2013 Giant bank holding companies now own airports, toll roads, and ports; control power plants; and store and hoard vast quantities of commodities of all sorts. They are systematically buying up or gaining control of the essential lifelines of the economy. How did they pull this off, and where did they get the money?
Larry Summers
Aug 16, 2013
Summers Loving
Aug 1, 2013
Whom Does Sen. Warren Want to Head the Fed?
Jul 28, 2013 Since taking office earlier this year, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, has been a staunch consumer advocate, a champion of the middle class and a thorn in Wall Street’s side, which is why we should pay close attention to whom she’s backing to replace Ben Bernanke as head of the Federal Reserve.
