Liberty
Fed Compiles Poor Track Record
Barry Poulson and Dwight Lee write for the American Thinker about the Federal Reserve’s failure. When they enter the medical profession, medical students are required to take the Hippocratic Oath,…
Alan Greenspan
American economist and financial advisor (born 1926)
Education
Must-Read Piece in North State Journal by Nan Miller, Friend of JLF
Last week, Nan Miller, former English professor and long-time friend of the John Locke Foundation, published a commentary in North State Journal. Her must-read piece tells the story of a…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
A warning about an ‘oblivious’ Fed
Avi Tiomkin writes for Barron’s that the head of the Federal Reserve appears to be following regrettable precedents. The Federal Reserve recently suggested that it was finished raising interest rates…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
“If you’re willing to take a significant drop in economic activity, I would suggest that”
Alan Greenspan isn’t wishy washy about the proposal to soak the wealthy with a 70 percent income tax — the idea endorsed by Dem. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The long-term challenge of federal debt
Gene Epstein of Barron’s explains why it won’t be easy to erase the federal government’s debt. Those who deny that soaring debt can ever be a worry for the U.S.…
Liberty
Barron’s editorial page editor highlights the Fed chair’s power
Thomas Donlan devotes a Barron’s editorial commentary to Janet Yellen’s unrivaled role in American monetary policy. The person who sits in the chair at the Federal Reserve holds more concentrated…
Liberty
Businessweek documents battle over Fed’s muddled policy
The latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek spotlights the fight over the future of Federal Reserve policies. Members of Congress taking aim at the Fed say they intend to preserve its…
Liberty
O’Rourke ponders the (im)possibility of a libertarian movement
P.J. O’Rourke‘s recent trip to a libertarian conference reminded him of the difficulty of convincing large numbers of people to rally around a libertarian cause. He explains in a Daily…
Liberty
Kudlow tries to tamp down inflationary zeal
Lawrence Kudlow‘s latest column posted at Human Events questions new Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen’s apparent interest in sparking the economy through inflation. Will somebody please explain to me how…
Liberty
Easton probes an interesting proposal for recruiting foreign labor
Nina Easton‘s latest Fortune column highlights a proposed change in federal immigration policy trumpeted by former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan. Those looking to assign blame for income inequality in the…
Regulation
More fuel for the anti-Fed fire
Author Jeremy Hammond reviews in the latest issue of Barron’s the Hunter Lewis book Free Prices Now, which offers an antidote to those who think the Federal Reserve makes good…
Liberty
Greenspan on government benefits
A question-and-answer session with Alan Greenspan in the latest TIME magazine includes the following interesting exchange. Is your book suggesting that the way out of the economic malaise is to…