Tag: inflation

A Transformed Federal Reserve

By Erik Loomis

In General

On February 14, 2021

I am not one to dismiss the inflation of the 1970s as a very serious policy problem at the time. Obviously, anyone who lived through that is aware of it. But the lessons of the 1970s have been vastly overlearned by elite economists, who have created a financial policy in the nation with little else […]

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The 1970s May Finally Be Over

By Erik Loomis

On January 20, 2021

For a very long time, I’ve been frustrated with how even liberal economists are basically living with the trauma of the late 70s and can’t think beyond the idea of INFLATION IS EVILLLLLLL!

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The Fed and Job Growth

By Erik Loomis

On February 19, 2017

Nothing excites the blood like the fed and monetary policy. So here’s a great piece by Dean Baker getting after the fed for raising interest rates and causing unemployment. However, there is lit

Interest Rates

By Erik Loomis

In General

On November 18, 2015

I’m surprised the Federal Reserve hasn’t raised interest rates yet as it’s been rumored for a good year. But the time is coming, despite Janet Yellen doing some work to forestall it thus far. And it is a bad idea because not only is inflation not a problem, but the underlying economic factors that are […]

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