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By continuing to throw money at the banks, the government is on the road to prolonging the recession and effecting massive inflation once confidence is restored and the economy then has too much liquidity. By making money available to the banks essentially for free, the Fed does not guarantee that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting the Last Depression: The Fed's Policy Errors | 12/30/2008 | See Source »

Far from being helpful, the Treasury worsened the situation by increasing the liquidity of the financial sector through its bailout. However, the greatly enhanced lending capacity of depository institutions has not yet reached the money supply, as evidenced by the tremendous level of excess reserves. When it does, the Fed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting the Last Depression: The Fed's Policy Errors | 12/30/2008 | See Source »

The news that President Bush's war on terrorism soon will have cost the U.S. taxpayers $1 trillion - and counting - is unlikely to spread much Christmas cheer in these tough economic times. A trio of recent reports - none by the Bush Administration - suggests that sometime early in the Obama presidency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The $1 Trillion Bill for Bush's War on Terror | 12/26/2008 | See Source »

But many Americans may suffer a moment of sticker shock from the conclusions of the CSBA report and similar assessments from the Government Accounting Office (GAO) and Congressional Research Service (CRS), which make clear that the nearly $1 trillion already spent is only a down payment on the war's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The $1 Trillion Bill for Bush's War on Terror | 12/26/2008 | See Source »

One important reason is that the driving cause of the crisis is external, in contrast to 1989, when the protests were sparked by anger over corruption, inflation and other domestic issues. "I simply don't see any kind of nationwide challenge to the Party emerging because you can't blame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Financial Crisis Bring Upheaval to China? | 12/25/2008 | See Source »

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