Episode 17: What Caused the Financial Crisis?
Posted in Audio, First Principles on 15 January 2010
Stats: 89 views and 1 Comment Mike Van Winkle interviews Professors Peter Boettke and Steven Horwitz, co-authors of the recent FEE monograph "The House That Uncle Sam Built," about what led to the financial meltdown and the Great Recession of 2008. Download PDF of "The House That Uncle Sam Built" by Peter Boettke and Steven Horwitz. Visit the ...
Posted in Audio, First Principles on 15 January 2010
Stats: 89 views and 1 Comment Mike Van Winkle interviews Professors Peter Boettke and Steven Horwitz, co-authors of the recent FEE monograph "The House That Uncle Sam Built," about what led to the financial meltdown and the Great Recession of 2008. Download PDF of "The House That Uncle Sam Built" by Peter Boettke and Steven Horwitz. Visit the ...
Economic Distress on the Rise
Posted in News on 19 November 2009
Stats: 3 views and 4 Comments The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) updated its Distress Index (DI) today in light of recent data released by the federal government showing an increase in the Consumer Price Index, which is commonly used to measure inflation. As a result the DI was raised to 59.7, the highest point since ...
Posted in News on 19 November 2009
Stats: 3 views and 4 Comments The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) updated its Distress Index (DI) today in light of recent data released by the federal government showing an increase in the Consumer Price Index, which is commonly used to measure inflation. As a result the DI was raised to 59.7, the highest point since ...
Geitner Defends Regulatory Overhaul
Posted in In brief on 19 June 2009
Stats: 42 views and No Comments "Speaking before the Senate Banking Committee Thursday, Mr. Geithner provided the first public defense of the proposal, warning that the country 'cannot afford inaction' and must make broad changes to consumer protections and improve the everyday workings of financial markets. 'Our economy has been brought too close to the brink ...
Posted in In brief on 19 June 2009
Stats: 42 views and No Comments "Speaking before the Senate Banking Committee Thursday, Mr. Geithner provided the first public defense of the proposal, warning that the country 'cannot afford inaction' and must make broad changes to consumer protections and improve the everyday workings of financial markets. 'Our economy has been brought too close to the brink ...
Give Up? Are You Kidding?
Posted in From the President on 8 June 2009
Stats: 47 views and No Comments Note: This is a preview from FEE president Lawrence W. Reed's upcoming column in the July/August 2009 issue of The Freeman. These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands ...
Posted in From the President on 8 June 2009
Stats: 47 views and No Comments Note: This is a preview from FEE president Lawrence W. Reed's upcoming column in the July/August 2009 issue of The Freeman. These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands ...
Government Motors?
Posted in Articles, Not So Fast! on 2 April 2009
Stats: 1,381 views and 5 Comments It is fitting that this column is being published near April Fools’ Day, for the government is playing a hoax on Americans in basically nationalizing General Motors (now “Government Motors”) and Chrysler. For Chrysler this is the second bailout in a generation; the company should have been sleeping with ...
Posted in Articles, Not So Fast! on 2 April 2009
Stats: 1,381 views and 5 Comments It is fitting that this column is being published near April Fools’ Day, for the government is playing a hoax on Americans in basically nationalizing General Motors (now “Government Motors”) and Chrysler. For Chrysler this is the second bailout in a generation; the company should have been sleeping with ...
Rome and the Great Depression
Posted in Articles, Featured on 24 February 2009
Stats: 1,019 views and 18 Comments Commentators on the present financial crisis have noted some interesting parallels to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Even if we survive Washington’s spending spree, Congress and the Obama administration could still tip us into catastrophe if they sharply raise taxes or tariffs as Congress did in 1930 and ’32. ...
Posted in Articles, Featured on 24 February 2009
Stats: 1,019 views and 18 Comments Commentators on the present financial crisis have noted some interesting parallels to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Even if we survive Washington’s spending spree, Congress and the Obama administration could still tip us into catastrophe if they sharply raise taxes or tariffs as Congress did in 1930 and ’32. ...
