Ron Paul Names His Choice for Fed Chairman

Economic Policy Journal During the online portion of the “Center Seat” segment of Fox News’ “Special Report with Brett Baier,” Ron Paul said that he would “probably” pick economist Jim Grant, editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, for the position, reports The Daily Caller. The question was posed by Stephen F. Hayes of The Weekly [...]

The Government Can’t Save The Economy

By Christopher Powers STATESMAN SENTINEL August 24, 2011 This Labor Day, President Obama will reveal his newest plan for stimulating the still faltering economy.  Ben Bernanke will announce this Friday whether he will enact QE3.  Now seems like a good time to recap some of the major economic policies that were put in place since [...]

The London Riots: Symptom of a Larger Problem?

By Jason Weiser STATESMAN SENTINEL August 11, 2011 As we have watched horrified over the last week as parts of London and several other major British cities burned, one unspoken thought was; Are we next? In between all the harrumphing by talking heads going on about either turning the water cannons on the little monsters, [...]

Is Military Spending Good for the Economy?

By Christopher Powers STATESMAN SENTINEL August 10, 2011 Toward the end of last week, the new Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, warned against any possible cuts to the defense budget. He and others in the military-political establishment have warned that cuts will not only harm the security of our nation, but also the economic recovery [...]

5 Warning Signs of Economic Collapse in the United States

Economic Collapse News Contrary to what the mainstream media and government tell you, the United States is in the beginning stages of a total economic collapse. All that is propping up the economy is the massive inflation being created by the Federal Reserve, giving the American people the illusion of an economic recovery. The resulting [...]

Greenspan Warns of Risks From U.S. Debt

Jeffrey Sparshott WASHINGTON—Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said the U.S. could face a bond-market crisis if politicians don’t act soon to start cutting the nation’s debt. In an interview Friday with The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Greenspan said that eventually Congress would pass a budget that includes many proposals by a White House debt-reduction panel. [...]

10 Predictions for the U.S. Economy in 2011

National Inflation Association 1) The Dow/Gold and Gold/Silver ratios will continue to decline. In NIA’s top 10 predictions for 2010, we predicted major declines in the Dow/Gold and Gold/Silver ratios. The Dow/Gold ratio was 9.3 at the time and finished 2010 down 15% to 8.1. The Gold/Silver ratio was 64 at the time and finished [...]

Fed’s Quantitative Easing to Starve Middle Class Americans

National Inflation Association The Federal Reserve today announced that they will be implementing $600 billion in additional quantitative easing by the end of June 2011. The Federal Reserve will maintain its current policy of reinvesting principal payments from its security holdings and will expand its balance sheet by an additional $75 billion per month. The [...]

Tax Cuts Won’t Cut It

By Peter Schiff Congressional Republicans and Democrats are engaged in a heated debate over which Americans deserve not to have their taxes raised, with both claiming that some form of tax cut will stimulate the economy. The primary point of divergence is what type of cuts will be most likely to get Americans spending, and [...]

Inflation to Make All Americans Billionaires By 2020

National Inflation Association One of the Federal Reserve’s original stated purposes was to manage the nation’s money supply through monetary policy that provides for stable prices without inflation or deflation. Shocking just about the whole world except for NIA members, the Federal Reserve this past week shifted its purpose from being an inflation fighter to [...]

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