Today in History: Coinage Act of 1792 Passed
Today in history, the Coinage Act of 1792 was passed. It was the first attempt, under the current Constitution, to establish a coinage system for the United States. The coins were based on a decimal system, championed by Thomas Jefferson and Robert Morris in the...
The Federal Reserve: Enemy of American Workers
According to numbers released by the US government, consumer prices have increased by 7.5 percent in the past year, the steepest increase since 1982. The actual price increases are even worse than the government numbers suggest, given that the “official” statistics...
Yes, We Can Trust the Fed. To Keep Devaluing Our Money
As Congress finally came to an agreement recently to temporarily lift the debt ceiling, investors breathed a sigh of relief. The stock market bounced and commodity indexes ran up to new multi-year highs. Precious metals markets, meanwhile, staged modest advances after...