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Do We Really Need the Federal Reserve System?

Abolishing the Federal Reserve System might seem like a...

What You Absolutely Need to Know About Money (Part 8)

It all starts with the Arab oil embargo of 1973-74.

The Arab members of OPEC proclaimed an oil embargo to punish the U.S. for aiding...

What You Absolutely Need to Know About Money (Part 7)

By the start of the 1960s, banking in America was in a state of flux.

Boundaries were being blurred - especially those separating...

The New Crisis Warning Just Issued to the Federal Reserve

Before the housing market crash, economists warned that record low-interest and mortgage rates were fueling a housing bubble....

What You Absolutely Need to Know About Money (Part 6)

Our last chapter was about...

What You Absolutely Need to Know About Money (Part 5)

Chapter Four ended as a ...

FOMC Preview: Will the Fed Continue its $85B/Month Bond-Buying Program?

Investors will be looking to the Federal Reserve Wednesday for clues about how long it might continue its bond-buying program aimed at pushing...

The One Question We Must All Ask Ourselves

Rampant profiteering by Congress and greedy bankers is forcing us to weigh the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune against honesty and...

These Three Men Represent Everything That's Wrong with Wall Street

I've already expressed my desire to embrace the Occupy Wall Street movement.