Guest Article

“Reforming the Federal Reserve” by Alex Pollock

My long-time friend, Alex Pollock, has written what might be the most timely and important of the many thoughtful pieces he has authored over a lifetime of great scholarship. The article addresses the issue of whether the Federal Reserve should be subject to Congressional oversight when setting interest rates and determining the supply of money.

“Time To Rein in a Runaway Federal Reserve That Took Congress for Granted” by Alex Pollock

My good friend, Alex Pollock, wrote a recent article for the New York Sun that I highly recommend every concerned citizen read about the manner in which the Federal Reserve has been handling monetary policy in recent decades and the need for its policies to be overseen, perhaps by a special bi-partisan Congressional oversight committee. …

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“The Fed’s Capital Goes Negative” by Alex Pollock

My friend, Alex Pollock, Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute, published a disturbing but important article in the New York Sun on Friday. It shows graphically how destructive our fiscal and monetary policies have been over the past two decades. These policies began with massive deficit spending by Congress, approved by the last four Presidents. …

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“The U.S. Needs Economic Regime Change” by Kevin Warsh

I recommend a recent Wall Street Journal article by Kevin Warsh, former Governor of the Federal Reserve and a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Kevin’s intelligent and heartfelt piece discusses the Federal Reserve’s failed experiment in monetary policy which began a little over 20 years ago. It has been an abject failure, particularly when …

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