American economist (born 1953)
Douglas Carr offers National Review Online readers a critique of the Federal Reserve‘s latest policy change. The Fed highlighted three new policy adjustments. The first acknowledges impediments to executing monetary…
Jim Grant of Barron’s explains why he’s no fan of monetary policy set by a room full of Ph.D.’s. Ben Bernanke, a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of…
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…
Randall Forsyth of Barron’s wonders how the Federal Reserve might operate under different management. The standard parameters for Fed policy are full employment with price stability, which hardly seem controversial.…
I did enjoy the following rant that, according to Reason.com, recently appeared on his Facebook page: What we are seeing worldwide, from India to the UK to the US, is the…
Given their long-term budget challenges, states might need bankruptcy protection in the future. At least that’s the argument some advocates are pursuing. The latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek offers details.…
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…
Steve Forbes takes former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to task in the latest issue of Forbes magazine. In critiquing Bernanke’s weak-dollar policies, Forbes offers a useful analogy illustrating the…
Jim McTague‘s last “D.C. Current” column for Barron’s offers little comfort for those seeking good news about the future of American politics and public policy. My pessimism is grounded in…
Randall Forsyth of Barron’s writes about the apparent split personality of former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. … [T]here seem to be two Ben Bernankes out there, and, presumably, both…
Jim McTague of Barron’s devotes his latest “D.C. Current” column to the prospects for federal tax reform over the next two years. The Republicans also promise to produce a tax-reform…
Lawrence H. White reviews for Barron’s a new book, The Forgotten Depression—1921: The Crash That Cured Itself, which examines the federal government’s minimal response to the last major economic downturn…