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Banking Regulation, Economic History, Money & Politics, News, The Fed & Central Banks

Ron Paul and our Big, Fat Fed

George Selgin/March 13, 2021June 19, 2022

Regular readers of Alt-M don't need to be told that yours truly is no fan of the Fed's gigantic credit footprint. Even before the recent crisis, he lamented both the extent to which the Fed went from merely regulating this nation's short-term money market to being its…

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Banking Regulation, Events, News, The Fed & Central Banks

My 1500 Characters on the Fed's Main Street Programs

George Selgin/April 18, 2020June 19, 2022

Having had a lot to say on these pages concerning the Fed's past Main Street lending efforts, I thought it proper to put in my 2 cents concerning its current plan, by responding to the Fed's request for comments on it. Unfortunately, "2 cents" is an all…

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A budget in chains.
Banking Regulation, Fiat Money, Money & Politics, News, The Fed & Central Banks

The Constitutional Case for the Fed's Treasury Backstops

George Selgin/April 13, 2020June 19, 2022

One of the more controversial provisions of the CARES Act consists of the $454 billion it allows the U.S. Treasury to devote to "backstopping"  (that is, to supplying partial funding for) the Federal Reserve's emergency lending. In a previous post, I argued that these Treasury backstops help…

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Main street open for business.
Currency Boards, Money & Politics, News, The Fed & Central Banks

When the Fed Tried to Save Main Street

George Selgin/March 30, 2020June 19, 2022

Any day now, the Federal Reserve will start making loans to small and medium-sized businesses, breaking new ground with its Section 13(3) lending authority. Yet this won't be the first time the Fed set its sights on Main Street businesses. In this post, I'll first review the…

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A coin in decay.
Banking Regulation, Fiat Money, Money & Politics, News, The Fed & Central Banks

That Darn Coin

George Selgin/March 24, 2020June 19, 2022

They say that a bad penny always turns up. But when it comes to crises these days, it seems that what keeps turning up is a bad idea—namely, the idea of having the U.S. Mint strike one or more trillion-dollar platinum coins. As I explained last March,…

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