Topic: Sound Banking

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The US Dollar Vs. Gold

– April 27, 2012

The GFC is falsely named, since it is more accurately described as a global monetary war with the USGovt vigorously defending its franchise in the USDollar for crude oil and trade settlement, and for bank reserves management. 

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Think The US Student Loan Bubble Is Bad? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

– April 24, 2012

Note to the Federal Government: Champagne bubbles are good. The bubbles you’ve been giving us? Not so much.

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The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Conscience…

– April 17, 2012

If you’re at a table full of politicians and you can’t find the scapegoat, it’s you.

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Contra Bernanke

– April 16, 2012

Another takedown of the Fed Chairman’s “lesson” at GWU.

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Obama’s Promised “No More TBTF” is a SNAFU

– April 16, 2012

When a politician says they’re going to protect you from the banks, hide your wallet.

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There Are Two Ways to Fix Monetary Policy: the Fast Way, and the Right Way

– April 4, 2012

…and the government way. The expectations of modest growth in January by the Fed deflated to moderate growth in mid-March. The monetary policy that the Fed and the Treasury have followed have failed to have the desired effects. But that doesn’t stop …

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Restoring Trust in Banking

– April 2, 2012

Research Reports Vol. LXXIX, No. 6 | April 2, 2012 When executives pay attention to customers’ long-term needs, business will prosper. And the findings are backed up by data. by Craig Richardson, PhD, Visiting Research Fellow  Additional Content: ASK T …

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Digging Up and Digging Down Gold

– March 30, 2012

The Gold Standard is the worst standard, except for all the others. In a recent post at Nada es Gratis (Nothing is Free), Jesús Fernández-Villaverde discusses a visit to the vault where gold is stored at the New York Fed. The post and subsequent commen …

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Do Government’s Love Debt Even More Than War?

– March 21, 2012

Right now it’s a race, and though it’s hard to tell who’s winning, it’s obvious who’s losing. Submitted by Tyler Durden from ZeroHedge In a succinct and chart-laden presentation, Professor Antony Davies, of Duquesne, offers a simple perspective on just …

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Geithner Pens Another Ridiculous Op-Ed

– March 2, 2012

Remember how every bank under my supervision failed? That’s why I need more power.

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Taxes: The Seen and the Unseen

– February 27, 2012

If an inflation tax falls in the forest, and not one in a million understand it, does it make a sound?[1] According to a recent news report by Reuters, “President Barack Obama called on Monday for new spending to boost growth and higher taxes on the ri …

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