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    Ron Paul Questions Whether There’s Gold at Fort Knox

    “Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said he plans to introduce legislation next year to force an audit of U.S. holdings of gold. Paul, a longtime critic of the Federal Reserve and U.S. monetary policy, said he believes it’s “a possibility” that there might not actually be any gold in the vaults of Fort Knox or the…

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    “Spreading Hayek, Spurning Keynes”

    “To these free-market economists, government intrusion ultimately sows the seeds of the next crisis. It hampers what one famous Austrian, Joseph Schumpeter, called the process of “creative destruction.” Governments that spend money they don’t have to cushion downturns, they say, lead nations down the path of large debts and runaway inflation. Eight decades ago, in…

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    The Recovery is Artificial

    “The stimulus is causing an artificial rebound in the economy that cannot be maintained, says Jerry Jordan, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.” Watch it here.  “The Recovery is Artificial” Jerry Jordan MoneyShow.com, August 19, 2010.

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    “Fed Off’ls at Jackson Hole Discuss Tough Policy Challenges”

    “Federal Reserve policymakers and many of the world’s other top central bankers are gathering Thursday for their annual retreat and symposium in the shadow of the Grand Tetons. They are also meeting in the shadow of looming economic and financial problems, which seem to be defying the stimulative efforts of both monetary and fiscal policy.…

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    “Fed Asks Court to Stay Discount-Window Ruling”

    “The Federal Reserve has asked a U.S. appeals court to stay a ruling that it must disclose documents regarding borrowing from its discount window and other “last resort” lending programs during the financial crisis. “The stay is necessary to permit the board to consult with the Department of Justice regarding an appeal to the Supreme…

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    Is There a Government Bond Bubble?

    “YES, there is a government bond bubble. And it’s huge. Uncle Sam and his counterparts in the EU and Japan are broke and are, almost surely, going to print vast quantities of money to cover their enormous spending obligations. The printing presses are already working full time. The Fed, for example, has increased the monetary…

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    The Monetary Theorist From The Little House on the Prairie?

    “The FEE archives are full of correspondences. Many of these letters contain interesting discussions on the economics, politics, and philosophy of liberty. Shifting through them it becomes clear that those in the liberty movement truly cared about obtaining a better understand of how society works. This letter from Rose Wilder Lane to Leonard Read on…

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    Why QE Could Trigger a Collapse of the Dollar

    “A week ago, the Federal Reserve initiated a new program of “quantitative easing” (QE), with the Fed purchasing U.S. Treasury securities and paying for those securities by creating billions of dollars in new monetary base. Treasury bond prices surged on the action. With the U.S. economy predictably weakening, this second round of quantitative easing appears…

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    “Fed’s Hoenig Says Big Banks Still Benefit From Safety Net”

    “The largest U.S. banks have an implied government safety net that gives them a lower cost of capital compared to community banks even after a congressional overhaul of banking regulation, Kansas City Federal Reserve President Thomas Hoenig said. “Despite the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act to end too- big-to-fail, community banks will continue to face…

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    “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Reform”

    “Mr. Geithner cited the possibility of giving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac an “elegant funeral.” But that wouldn’t mean a government exit from its prominent role in America’s housing market. In fact, it could mean that the government agrees to stand explicitly behind the GSEs’ obligations, while also putting in place a new system designed…