Fake Ben

Fake Ben

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• Equality for All

  Published 09 October 2008 | viewed 4,120 times

  Last night, I was meditating on the future, and I came up with this: The Fed and Treasury (as well as foreign governments) seem intent…

• Why Keep Analyst X A Mystery?

  Published 04 April 2008 | viewed 3,627 times

  "The crisis from which we are now suffering is also the outcome of a credit expansion. The present crisis is the unavoidable sequel to a…

• Round One Winner: Schiff

  Published 31 March 2008 | viewed 5,073 times

  In a recent article, I wrote about Mike "Mish" Shedlock of the blog Global Economic Trend Analysis (http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com) and Peter Schiff, of Euro Pacific Capital,…

• Bear Stearns Bailout and My Outrage

  Published 24 March 2008 | viewed 4,147 times

  I have been a longtime critic of the Fed, but the latest moves by the Fed are beyond even my most cynical estimations. Bear Stearns…

• The Problem The Solution

  Published 20 March 2008 | viewed 4,138 times

  First, we must understand the problem, which is fractional banking. The problem with fractional banking is that cash ALWAYS has to be less valuable than…

• Shedlock vs. Schiff: Rumble in the Economic Jungle

  Published 18 February 2008 | viewed 5,445 times

  While Democrats struggle to line up behind one candidate or the other, there is a lesser known, yet more important fight going on over your…

• Debt, Corruption, and the Good Life in Sherwood Forest

  Published 14 February 2008 | viewed 3,715 times

  The wave of Obama excitement is sweeping the nation. Change, it seems, is upon us. Or is it? I often wonder if people such as…

• China's Middle Finger

  Published 03 February 2008 | viewed 7,600 times

  While less known than the China's Middle Kingdom, its middle finger might have more immediate financial consequences. How do you upset China? You start buying…

• The Fed's 20-Year Misguided Monetary Adventure

  Published 15 January 2008 | viewed 6,431 times

  The Fed has run a misguided monetary policy for the last twenty years. The error of its ways is finally being revealed, and there is…

• All the Way Down the Rabbit Hole?

  Published 06 December 2007 | viewed 5,296 times

  Dear Diary, This is the Fake Ben Bernanke writing. I've started a journal to express in private what I could never express in public, namely…