Published by the Foundation for Economic Education
November 20, 2009 | Subscribe via RSS
“Federal Reserve leaders are sticking with their policy of very low interest rates for some time to come, they indicated Wednesday, but gave new details of the factors they will use to decide when to change course.” (Washington Post, Thursday)
How does the Fed know what the right rate is?
FEE Timely Classic
“The Fed Sets Interest Rates? ~ It Just Ain’t So!” by Richard H. Timberlake
In Print:
Barack Obama changed the rules when he intervened in the bankruptcies of GM and Chysler. There's no telling what the consequences will be for the economy. Also in this issue: A Nobel Prize we can rejoice over, a clunker of a government program, and a depression you never heard of.
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by Richard A. Epstein
by Bruce Yandle
by Paul Armentano
by Tyler Watts
by John Stossel
by Thomas Szasz
by Robert Higgs
by Art Carden
Reviewed by William L. Anderson
Reviewed by John Tamny
