The Federal Reserve as a Confidence Game: What They Were Saying in 2007

03/24/2010 Mark Thornton

Printing up money and lowering the value of all dollar-denominated assets while simultaneously benefiting political friends and accomplices is surely a fraud that could be classified as a confidence game, writes Mark Thornton.

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