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Should Government Try to Reduce Energy Price Volatility?

Jim Johnston

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate News / The Heartland Institute / October 01, 2009

The leaders of the world have declared war on speculation. The Obama administration’s Commodity Futures Trading Commission is considering position ... (read more)

The Eastland and the Titanic

Jim Johnston

Letter to the Editor / The Heartland Institute / August 10, 2009

July 24, 2009 was the 94th anniversary of the capsizing of the Eastland in the Chicago River. The short story in that day’s Tribune did a good job ... (read more)

The Fed’s No-Exit Strategy

Jim Johnston

Heartland Perspective / The Heartland Institute / August 10, 2009

Once upon a time, last fall to be exact, the credit markets seized up. In other times, like the early 1930s, this happened when the growth in the money ... (read more)

Sorry to Say, the Financial Bailout and Fiscal Stimulus Will Not Save the Economy

Jim Johnston

Heartland Perspective / The Heartland Institute / February 18, 2009

The U.S. economy is in a mess. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 40 percent from its peak in mid-2008. Unemployment in January 2009 was 7.6 percent, ... (read more)

First the Bad News, and then More Bad News Posing as Good News

Jim Johnston

Heartland Perspective / The Heartland Institute / November 14, 2008

It is becoming obvious that the bailout, or “rescue” as the government wants to call it, will not unfreeze the credit market. Anna Schwartz ... (read more)

Interest on Reserves

Jim Johnston

Memo to the Federal Reserve / The Heartland Institute / November 14, 2008

On October 6, 2008 the Federal Reserve announced that it would begin to pay interest starting on October 9, 2008 on required and excess reserves that individual ... (read more)

Ten Stupid Policies That Will Prolong the Recession

Jim Johnston

Heartland Perspective / The Heartland Institute / November 12, 2008

1. Bail out the investment banks, commercial banks, insurance companies, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, General Motors, Chrysler, Ford Motor Company, with $700 ... (read more)

Lessons from the 1937-38 Depression

Jim Johnston

Heartland Perspective / The Heartland Institute / September 30, 2008

There is an interesting parallel between the sharp downturn in economic activity in 1937-38 and the current effort to bailout the finance industry. Government ... (read more)

Policy Experts Offer Bailout Comments

Dan Miller

September 30, 2008

The national debate over how to address the crisis in the U.S. financial markets has created sharp divisions that cross political and philosophical lines. ... (read more)

Let Them Go Bankrupt; Save a Trillion Dollars

Jim Johnston

September 24, 2008

Congress, the Treasury, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Reserve are hell-bent to bail out the housing and financial industries and ... (read more)