It has $4 trillion in holdings…close to one quarter of the U.S. GDP. The markets flip out anytime it even hints at making a move. It enabled the housing bubble and, in large part, the Great Recession that followed its bust. It
Shane, this is really important breaking news. Gov. Huckabee is moving the dial here in a striking new development: he’s one of the first candidates to connect the Fed’s monetary policy to the economic suffering the average middle-class voter has experienced over
Nick asked if former Governor Mike Huckabee understood the cure for wage stagnation. I had a chance to ask him what he would do as President to address wage stagnation at a meet and greet event at a Pizza Ranch in Altoona,
Mike Huckabee addressed America’s key economic problem of a middle class squeezed by falling wage value. From the Washington Post: “I talked about [this economic message] eight years ago. I was being pilloried by the Wall Street Journal and other folks in your
I love Bobby Jindal. I really do. He’s been one of my favorite Republican leaders for years. I wanted him to run for President in 2012, and I’m glad he appears to be doing so in 2016. His story is amazing, his
Last Friday, a coalition of more than 20 conservatives and libertarians met with Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to discuss the impact of Fed monetary policy on middle income and working families. The group, led by American Principles in Action Director of
Progressives at Brookings are seeking to free up the federal government to become even more involved in mismanaging our money by declaring our current system “unconstitutional” and giving Washington even more direct control over our money, further eroding the principle of Fed
Larry Kudlow mentions that Alan Greenspan is touting something like a gold standard: As for rules and the Fed, there are a bunch of proposals out there: There’s the inflation-fighting Taylor rule, which seemed to work in the 1980s and ‘’0s. There’s
