The Truth Behind The Swiss Gold Referendum
A recent column in US News & World Report, The Swiss Gold Rush by Pat Garofalo, its assistant managing editor for opinion, is subtitled…
Silly Conspiracy Theory: The Rothschilds control the world
“Give me control of a Nation’s money supply, and I care not who makes its laws.” This quote frequently is attributed by conspiracy theorists…
The Gold Standard Did Not Cause The Great Depression, Part 2
As noted in my previous column, AEI’s James Pethokoukis and National Review‘s Ramesh Ponnuru — among many others — appear to have fallen victim…
The Gold Standard Did Not Cause The Great Depression, Part 1
AEI’s James Pethokoukis and National Review’s Ramesh Ponnuru — among many others — appear to have fallen victim to what I have called “the…
Janet Yellen, Politicizing the Fed?
Janet Yellen gave a widely noted speech, Perspectives on Inequality and Opportunity from the Survey of Consumer Finances, at the Conference on Economic Opportunity and Inequality…
The Rise And Fall And Rise And Fall Of King Dollar, Part 2
As stated in the preceding column, here, eminent labor economist Jared Bernstein recently called, in the New York Times, for the dethroning of “King…
The Rise And Fall And Rise And Fall Of King Dollar, Part 1
The Wall Street Journal, recently, in The Return of the Greenback, observed that “the resurgent dollar has logged its longest winning streak in 17…
End the Fed’s War on Paychecks
The Democratic Party has made “income inequality” a signature issue for the 2014 (and, presumably, 2016) election cycle. Democrats, en masse, shout “J’accuse!” at Republicans. …
Did “The Nixon Shock” Lead to Nixon’s Resignation?
This month we observe the 40th anniversary of the resignation, under threat of imminent impeachment, of President Richard M. Nixon. Nixon aide and loyalist…
Signs Of The Fed’s Era Of Secrecy Coming To An End
The Federal Reserve increasingly is attracting scrutiny across the board. Now add to that a roller coaster of a thriller, using a miracle of…