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How Inflation Fuels Government Growth
High interest rates hit the private sector hard while leaving Washington free to spend more money.
Judy L. Shelton | Commentary | Aug. 23, 2023
How Federal Reserve Misguidance Contributes to Bank Failures
Burton A. Abrams, James L. Butkiewicz | Commentary | July 17, 2023
President Biden’s Inflation Malarkey
Alexander William Salter | Commentary | June 21, 2023
The Fed’s Monetary Policy Tool Kit Needs an Overhaul
The central bank botched inflation, and Congress has allowed it to become too powerful, too prominent and too political.
Judy L. Shelton | Commentary | June 14, 2023
What Should We Do About Medicare?
John C. Goodman | Commentary | June 5, 2023
Hanke’s 2022 Misery Index—Who’s Miserable and Who’s Happy?
Steve H. Hanke | Commentary | May 22, 2023
America is Drunk on Credit—and Polarized Politics Complicate the Fed’s Unenviable Challenge of Ending Easy Money
Alvaro Vargas Llosa | Commentary | May 10, 2023
Memo to the Fed: Money Matters
New regulations meant to make banks safer will only destroy money and slow down growth.
Steve H. Hanke | Commentary | May 5, 2023
It’s Destructive and Unfair to Tax ‘Unrealized Capital Gains’
They reflect expected profits, which often fail to materialize, and the levy wouldn’t hit only the rich.
Richard B. McKenzie | Commentary | Apr. 14, 2023
Biden’s Nominees Are a Display of Liberal Incompetence
Julie Su seems just as fit for the role as Biden’s other nominees; that is, not at all.
K. Lloyd Billingsley | Commentary | Apr. 3, 2023






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