Month September 2009

The Fed, SEC, and conflicts of interest

The Fed draws so many economists into its orbit “that real criticism of the central bank has become a career liability for members of the profession,” says HuffPo. A plan to have the SEC fund itself by contributions from banks…

Afghanistan and the socialist left

From Ex-punk, ex-Trot, current journalist David Osler Ok, do you want to cheerlead the guys that throw acid in schoolgirls’ faces, or the men who killed dozens of Afghan civilians in an airstrike on two stolen fuel tankers last week?…