Something for the weekend: Quantitative Easing Explained
byIn these times of American inflation, European collapse, and UK stagnation, I thought this might provide some much-required light relief (a little slightly risqué…
Quantitative Easing
The emerging view on QE2
byThis article originally appeared on The Filter^ Further to my article on QE2, I’ve read some good articles on the subject. Raghu Rajana offers…
The Silver Lining in the Fed’s $600 Billion Decision
byA good article from Ryan Streeter The Federal Reserve’s recent decision to buy $600 billion in bonds—another example of the mysteriously named “quantitative easing”—may…
The Threat of QE2
byFrom my latest article for adamsmith.org: There is a plausible free market argument to say that under certain institutional conditions (such as competitive banks…
Peter Schiff: Keep Your Head Above the Dollar
byThis has been a busy 10 days for Mr Schiff and he has had a lot to say about all of the crazy Keynesian…
The Death of Money
bySo the Bernanke Fed has finally launched its next great economic experiment, undertaking to buy some $600 billion in US Treasuries over the next…
Goodbye Dollar: Has the Federal Reserve given up?
byBloomberg has released a report (October 28th) which indicates that the US Federal Reserve has finally given up the Halloween ghost and has laid…
As Safe as Houses?
byThis report from Arden Partners was originally published on the 24th of September. Why have house prices rebounded? In 1776 Adam Smith described Britain…
The Staggering Economic Errors Behind The Policy of Quantitative Easing
byIn September of last year, I placed this article up on our web site detailing the theoretical errors behind the policy of quantitative easing….
FT: Osborne go-ahead for Bank boost
byOn the front page of the Financial Times of Saturday the 9th of Oct 2010, under the title “Osborne go-ahead for Bank boost”, we…