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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Business Economists Applaud Fed


“Economists are pleased with the Federal Reserve’s policy on interest rates but skeptical of the government’s ability to rein in spending, curb greenhouse gases or overhaul health care, a survey finds.” (USA Today, Tuesday)

How do they know what interest rates should be?

FEE Timely Classic
“The Fed’s Potent Power” by Donald J. Boudreaux


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.