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In the long run, growth in the money supply will likely cause inflation, meaning a decline in the dollar’s purchasing power. Following the Great Recession, the Federal Reserve undertook unprecedented measures to jump-start the economy. The Fed dropped …
READ MORERegulators misdiagnosed the causes of the 2007–8 financial crisis when they blamed private sector greed and largely ignored the role of government policy, which in fact laid the groundwork for the financial crisis. But the CBO has introduced an intrigu …
READ MOREA freely traded digital currency backed by gold may be just around the corner. This week, at the MIT Technology Review’s Business of Blockchain conference, I heard Sandra Ro of CME Group (which operates the world’s largest futures and options exchange) …
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The labor force participation rate began a gradual decline after peaking in the spring of 2000. If the decline is to be reversed, we may need to reassess federal transfer payments that exacerbate the ongoing trend. As the dot-com crash and 2001 recessi …
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READ MOREThe federal government has run a budget deficit since 2001, which has contributed to the national debt and brought the federal debt-to-GDP ratio to over 100 percent, near an all-time high. If the government doesn’t deviate from its dangerous fiscal pat …
READ MOREOngoing federal budget deficits have contributed to a federal debt near an all-time high. The government could reduce the deficit by reducing spending or raising taxes. Growth in the private sector could also help reduce the deficit. Some policymakers …
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