Fed and Housing Bubble

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Below is a list of articles and quotes that discuss whether the Federal Reserve Bank was responsible for the housing bubble and the subsequent subprime crisis: Eric Englund writes in April 22nd 2006 the article "The Federal Reserve and Housing: A Cluster of Errors?" warning about the link between interest rates ...

The mechanisms of the Credit Crisis - George Reismans article

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

George Reisman, who is associated with the Mises Institute, has written an interesting article called "Our Financial House of Cards". As a student of Ludwig von Mises, he exemplifies the thinking of the Austrian School of Economics which is, like many libertarians, highly skeptical of government intervention in markets. (This skepticism ...