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The Government Can’t Print Its Way to Economic Growth

Trump baffles conservative elites: how with such a talented field of candidates we could we end up with an isolationist, big-government, trade-war nominee? But give the American people this much…

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“The Scandal of Money” Interview

My book, The Scandal of Money: Why Wall Street Recovers But the Economy Never Does, launches today: The Fed creates money for the government and for the Fortune 500 corporations…

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Federal Reserve Official Donates to Clinton Campaign

According to Federal Election Commission filings, Lael Brainard, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, contributed $750 to Hillary Clinton’s campaign earlier this cycle. Bloomberg Politics reports: While Fed officials…

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Revealed! Donald Trump Promises Policies to Bring About the Greatest! Depression! Ever!

CNN recently reported on GOP presidential front runner Donald Trump’s stance(s) about the Fed: [J]ust two days ago, Trump tweeted that he thinks the Fed should be audited. This is…

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Onward to a Golden Age: The Washington Post’s Matt O’Brien Attacks Ted Cruz for Supporting the Gold Standard

Matt O’Brien — the anti-gold standard columnist of The Washington Post — at last has struck back at Ted Cruz for his advocacy for a “rules-based monetary supply, ideally tied…

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Trump Says Audit the Fed

It’s only a tweet, and it’s also an excuse to bash Ted Cruz, but for the first time, the GOP front runner Donald Trump has signaled he is jumping on…

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Challenging the Fed’s “Inflated Reputation”

Last week at The American Spectator, Bob Luddy aimed some harsh criticism at the Federal Reserve, blaming the Fed’s policy of keeping interest rates artificially low with causing a decline in the…

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Which Presidential Aspirant(s) Would Make America (And You!) Prosper?

As I recently wrote in my Forbes.com column, “Presidential elections are about, above all, just two things: our security and our prosperity.” The GOP candidates have been emphatic about our…

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Ted Cruz: Angel of Light?

One Robert Davis recently published, at The Hill, a blog headlined “Cruz: Prince of Darkness.” It is clear both from the headline and the content that Mr. Davis, a retired…

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Why the Federal Reserve Never Stood a Chance

This piece was co-authored by Max Rangeley, an editor at The Cobden Centre. For the most part, tax, regulatory, fiscal, and labor policies differentiate from country to country. This makes it…

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Rand Paul Attacks Ted Cruz in Unusual New Video

The Rand Paul Campaign continued to hammer Sen. Ted Cruz for his absence on the Audit the Fed vote, this time in the form of a strange web video. The…

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Cruz Stands by Commitment to Audit the Fed

Sen. Ted Cruz reaffirmed his commitment to auditing the Federal Reserve in an email statement to radio host Glenn Beck late Tuesday night, despite not showing up for the vote…

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Ron Paul Questions Cruz’s Absence on Audit the Fed Vote

The Senate failed to pass a measure Tuesday that would have provided for the consideration of legislation to audit the Federal Reserve. Falling seven votes short of the necessary 60,…

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Newsweek Calls the Fed a “Marquee Issue” in the Presidential Race

Newsweek offers this startling headline: “Paul, Sanders Join Forces Against Federal Reserve.” Given Sanders’s surge in the polls as a serious rival to Hillary Clinton, it is very notable that…

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Sanders Joins Rand Paul in Voting Yes on Audit the Fed

In a sign of how potentially potent the issue of the Federal Reserve and monetary policy still is, the insurgent leader of the Democrats in Iowa and New Hampshire, Bernie…

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Sen. Paul’s Audit the Fed Bill Will Be Voted on Today. Paul’s Indictment of the Fed in Time Is Strong

Now in Time Magazine, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul yesterday boldly states, in an op-ed, that “The Fed Is Crippling America.” Sen. Paul writes: On Jan. 12, Congress is scheduled to vote…

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No CNN, Ted Cruz’s Push for Gold Is a Very Good Idea

CNN, Larry Summers, and Paul Krugman. Right on schedule, the elites are piling on Sen. Ted Cruz for his support of the gold standard. Their commentary ranges from subtly wrong,…

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Rand Paul Likens Fed to Soviet Politburo After Interest Rate Increase

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…

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Antiquated Fed Raises Interest Rates for First Time in Nearly a Decade

Today, after seven years, the Federal Reserve finally took steps toward ending its failed zero-interest rate policy, announcing in a unanimous decision that it would raise the federal funds rate…

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BBC Asks Why Americans Distrust the Federal Reserve

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…

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