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America is Drunk on Credit—and Polarized Politics Complicate the Fed’s Unenviable Challenge of Ending Easy Money
Alvaro Vargas Llosa | Commentary | May 10, 2023
Memo to the Fed: Money Matters
New regulations meant to make banks safer will only destroy money and slow down growth.
Steve H. Hanke | Commentary | May 5, 2023
It’s Destructive and Unfair to Tax ‘Unrealized Capital Gains’
They reflect expected profits, which often fail to materialize, and the levy wouldn’t hit only the rich.
Richard B. McKenzie | Commentary | Apr. 14, 2023
Biden’s Nominees Are a Display of Liberal Incompetence
Julie Su seems just as fit for the role as Biden’s other nominees; that is, not at all.
K. Lloyd Billingsley | Commentary | Apr. 3, 2023
The Fed’s Policies Haunt Financial Markets
Paying people not to work is inflationary; paying people to increase supplies of goods and services isn’t.
Judy L. Shelton | Commentary | Mar. 23, 2023
The Fed’s Self-Directed Tragedy
Steve H. Hanke, Manuel Hinds | Commentary | Mar. 23, 2023
Three Banks Just Failed—Fear of Contagion Looms Amid Silicon Valley Bank Troubles
Jonathan Hofer | Commentary | Mar. 21, 2023
On Deregulation, Biden Would Be Wise to Emulate Carter Administration
Benjamin Powell | Commentary | Mar. 10, 2023
Before the Primaries, the GOP Needs an Overdue Moment of Truth
Alvaro Vargas Llosa | Commentary | Mar. 10, 2023
The Tooth-Fairy Economics of Slavery Reparations
David R. Henderson, Phillip W. Magness | Commentary | Mar. 8, 2023






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