White Paper: It’s Inflation, Stupid!
In last year’s Presidential election, rising prices virtually tied with unemployment as the main economic concern of voters, according to CNN. But a main cause of price increases, inflation, hasn’t...
View ArticleBernanke in Denial that Fed is Hurting Main Street
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke insisted before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday that his quantitative easing program really is helping ordinary Americans despite the...
View ArticleIBD: Little Difference Between Monetary Activists Yellen, Summers For Top Fed...
From Investor’s Business Daily: Little Difference Between Monetary Activists Yellen, Summers For Top Fed Post By JEFFREY BELL AND RICH DANKER Posted 08/20/2013 05:49 PM ET There is thought to be a...
View ArticleAPP and Libre Initiative Release Open Letter on the Fed
D.C. Groups Oppose Obama’s Fed Choices “Need Price Stability and Sound Money for Growth” Washington, D.C.–As President Obama prepares to announce his nomination to succeed Ben Bernanke as chair of the...
View ArticlePolitico Covers APP Oposition to Yellen, Summers
From Politico: Still, Republicans must weigh whether they’d prefer Summers more than Yellen, who may push harder for the monetary policies and regulations that many in the party oppose. “If they vote...
View ArticleSummers’ Withdrawal Offers New Opportunities for Obama Fed Pick
President Needs to Nominate a “Sound Money” Fed Chairman Washington, D.C.—The American Principles Project (APP) hailed the recent news that former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers withdrew his name...
View ArticleUSA Today: Yellen’s easy money spells trouble
Yellen’s easy money spells trouble: Opposing view Time for change at the Federal Reserve. (Photo: J. David Ake, AP) Story Highlights The Fed’s easy-money policies have not produced many jobs. They...
View ArticleCNBC: Taking issue with Janet Yellen’s economic theory
Rich Danker on CNBC: Unlike bell-bottoms and AstroTurf, the Phillips Curve is a fad from the 1970s that never really went away. The nomination of Janet Yellen to lead the Federal Reserve has brought...
View ArticleSean Fieler Discusses Yellen Confirmation on BBC
APP chairman Sean Fieler went on BBC to discuss the confirmation of Janet Yellen to head the Federal Reserve as well as the high level of controversy surrounding her economic policies. You can listen...
View ArticleDeath of the Dollar Menu shows Fed’s Wage Erosion
“Got a buck? you’re in luck!” This jingle was a staple for you ever since your parents started giving you an allowance. At the time, you got maybe $5 a week to spend or save as you pleased. Although...
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