Nick Arnold is a researcher for the American Principles Project.
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced that it was raising interest rates for the first time in seven years. Surprisingly, longtime critic of zero interest rates Senator Rand Paul skipped the expected sigh of relief, instead expanding his criticism of the Federal
The debate over monetary policy has started to spill over into foreign media. In an article Monday, the BBC noted voters’ negative outlook on the Federal Reserve: Just a third of Americans felt the Fed was doing a good or excellent job,
When BBC Newsbeat tweeted that people were starting to compare GOP front runner Donald Trump with the wizarding world’s greatest villain, Dark Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling leapt to defend him…Voldemort, that is: How horrible. Voldemort was nowhere near as
Steve Forbes explains how The New York Times just doesn’t understand the gold debate and misfires in attacking Ted Cruz: The New York Times recently ran an article trashing the idea of a return to a gold standard. A growing number of
Ralph, you noted this first, but this New York Sun editorial is worth a closer look. In a glowing column Friday, the Sun praised Ted Cruz for his astute questioning of Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen in last week’s Joint Economic Committee
Rand Paul criticized Bernie Sanders for his “free college” plan Wednesday, pointing out that the money had to come from somewhere and predicting it would be from either taxpayers or the Federal Reserve. Paul then pivoted to criticize the Fed’s monetary policy,
The Federal Reserve announced Monday that it is scaling back its controversial bailout authority in the latest sign that increasing congressional scrutiny is making Fed officials nervous. The move by the central bank seeks to reduce the impression that the Fed shows
Ted Cruz’s strong showing in recent polls is provoking an interesting response from his colleagues in the Senate. The more success he shows, the more people line up behind his rival for the nomination, Marco Rubio: Senior Republican senators who’ve clashed with
