The Free Market 19, no. 5 (May 2001) A combination of factors has elevated the Federal Reserve and its chairman to mythical status amongst the corporate and media elite. The publishing of summaries of meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee, which started in 1994, gave reporters and bond traders more information than ever before to fuel
The Free Market 20, no. ( 2002) Proponents of socially responsible investing, or SRI, promote it as a way to invest in stocks while having “positive social impact” at the same time. Beneath the surface, everyone knows that what SRI really promotes is old-fashioned socialist ideology employed in the name of investment. The stated objectives of
The Free Market 13, no. 7 (July 1995) In the Clinton administration’s spin control on the Mexican meltdown, Nafta had nothing to do with it. Without the treaty, matters would have been worse, the White House says, and now Nafta will help Mexico recover. The Republican leadership, which shepherded Nafta to ratification, has no interest in
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