Federal Reserve Essay Contest
Posted in News on 6 October 2011
Stats: 2,209 views and 9 Comments The Foundation for Economic Education is proud to announce the 2011 Eugene S. Thorpe Writing Competition. Writers of all ages are invited to address the following: "Should the Federal Reserve be abolished? What monetary system should replace it?" Deadline: Midnight, Dec. 31, 2011 Length: 2,000 words. No footnotes or endnotes. Email Word file to: essaycontest@fee.org (One entry only.) The ...
Posted in News on 6 October 2011
Stats: 2,209 views and 9 Comments The Foundation for Economic Education is proud to announce the 2011 Eugene S. Thorpe Writing Competition. Writers of all ages are invited to address the following: "Should the Federal Reserve be abolished? What monetary system should replace it?" Deadline: Midnight, Dec. 31, 2011 Length: 2,000 words. No footnotes or endnotes. Email Word file to: essaycontest@fee.org (One entry only.) The ...
Lawrence W. Reed on Backbone America
Posted in Audio, Radio on 18 December 2009
Stats: 69 views and 2 Comments FEE President Lawrence W. Reed was a guest on Backbone Radio, hosted by John Andrews, on December 6, 2009. Andrews and Reed discussed the President's job summit, the Federal Reserve and myths about the Great Depression. (Download File)
Posted in Audio, Radio on 18 December 2009
Stats: 69 views and 2 Comments FEE President Lawrence W. Reed was a guest on Backbone Radio, hosted by John Andrews, on December 6, 2009. Andrews and Reed discussed the President's job summit, the Federal Reserve and myths about the Great Depression. (Download File)
Stealth Expansion of Government Power
Posted in Articles on 20 August 2009
Stats: 328 views and 3 Comments The government of the United States is in the midst of debating major new undertakings, ranging from health care to climate change to energy development to tax reform. Yet far more fundamental is a basic but stealth shift in national priorities—in the form of a rapid and pervasive expansion of ...
Posted in Articles on 20 August 2009
Stats: 328 views and 3 Comments The government of the United States is in the midst of debating major new undertakings, ranging from health care to climate change to energy development to tax reform. Yet far more fundamental is a basic but stealth shift in national priorities—in the form of a rapid and pervasive expansion of ...
The Gold Standard
Posted in 101, Economics on 6 July 2009
Stats: 323 views and No Comments The gold standard is a monetary arrangement whereby the currency in circulation is equivalent to a fixed value of gold. The gold standard was replaced by fiat currency, whereby the government or central bank is ultimately responsible for the value of the money. Until 1971, the U.S. dollar was fixed to the ...
Posted in 101, Economics on 6 July 2009
Stats: 323 views and No Comments The gold standard is a monetary arrangement whereby the currency in circulation is equivalent to a fixed value of gold. The gold standard was replaced by fiat currency, whereby the government or central bank is ultimately responsible for the value of the money. Until 1971, the U.S. dollar was fixed to the ...
Inflation as Income Distribution
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 9 January 2009
Stats: 1,479 views and 25 Comments Sheldon Richman is the editor of The Freeman and "In brief," and author of "Fascism" in The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. The Federal Reserve has been pumping hundreds of billions of newly created dollars into "the economy." Much of that money has been sent to Wall Street to ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 9 January 2009
Stats: 1,479 views and 25 Comments Sheldon Richman is the editor of The Freeman and "In brief," and author of "Fascism" in The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. The Federal Reserve has been pumping hundreds of billions of newly created dollars into "the economy." Much of that money has been sent to Wall Street to ...
