Should the Federal Reserve rule out negative interest rates so soon? No, says former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke. Writing in a blog post on the Brookings Institution website, Bernanke argued that policymakers should consider implementing subzero rates. He stated that installing negative rates, something that has been done by the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the […]
Archives for September 2016
Watch media use same ‘power through’ narrative over Hillary Clinton pneumonia
The media have become a tragic comedy. It is sad to see just how controlled the media are, but at the same time it’s funny to watch how they all try to be serious and objective in their reporting. The latest example is a new video that shows how the media used the exact same […]
Ron Paul: Federal Reserve plans for the next financial crisis
By: Ron Paul In her recent address at the Jackson Hole monetary policy conference, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen suggested that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates by the end of the year. Markets reacted favorably to Yellen’s suggested rate increase. This is surprising, as, except for one small increase last year, the Federal […]
700k Canadians would be in ‘financial shock’ if interest rates went up 0.25%
Due to historically low interest rates, Canadian consumers have taken on obscene amounts of debt since the economic collapse. Today, Canadians owe a total of nearly $2 trillion in debt (mortgage and non-mortgage). Household debt has been a cause of concern for the Bank of Canada (BOC), but the average Canadian doesn’t seem to care. […]
Video: Should national defense be privatized?
The general consensus in the United States, and most other nations around the world, is that national defense is a “public good” and must be provided by the government. But should it really? LearnLiberty is out with a new video that explores the idea of privatizing national defense. You can watch the video embedded below: […]