These people want to determine health care policy. Really, it’s amazing.
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In addition to providing some well-deserved snark regarding Maxine Waters’s financial illiteracy, Michael Moynihan refers us to this piece by Elizabeth MacDonald, which points out–in fairness to Waters–that hers were not the only mind-bendingly bad questions confronting Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke:
January 29, 2010 – 11:28 am
Bernanke’s back, the State of the Union is one long chiding of the country, and the markets continue their turmoil on the latest edition of Coffee and Markets, your weekly podcast on politics and the economy with Francis Cianfrocca.
By Francis Cianfrocca
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Posted in Features, Market, Podcasts
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Also tagged bailouts, Barack Obama, Coffee and Markets, Federal Reserve, markets, Podcast, Podcasts, SOTU, TARP, Wall Street
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January 28, 2010 – 6:03 pm
Bernanke confirmed. Thank Heaven for small favors.
January 25, 2010 – 2:31 pm
Because of the unique institutional character of the Fed and the unique national character of the American people, the Fed should stick to monetary policy and banking regulation. It should NOT make economic policy except in extremis.
January 23, 2010 – 1:23 pm
Having gone from a sure renomination, to a doubtful one, Ben Bernanke’s fate ought to be attracting a great deal of attention in punditland.
January 22, 2010 – 2:28 pm
The jury is still out on the Bernanke Doctrine. He has led us through the largest experiment in monetary policy that perhaps has ever been conducted. As things stand, the financial system is functioning with a semblance of internal normalcy. But great damage has been done to the real economy, and credit-generating activities in the US private sector are still very far from normal.
December 16, 2009 – 10:39 am
Ben Bernanke is Time’s person of the year, Howard Dean takes up arms against the Senate health care bill, and Megan McArdle says we all have a moral obligation to pay our mortgages, whether it makes financial sense or not. We’ll discuss all that and more on today’s edition of Coffee and Markets.
December 7, 2009 – 10:20 am
So it’s time we asked the question: if not Ben Bernanke, who could be the next Fed chairman? And what are we going to do about job creation, since the president seems more interested in holding pointless conferences to waste time talking about job creation? It’s our 100th episode — time flies!
December 4, 2009 – 10:52 am
Tons of news in the market today as we unpack the surprisingly good job numbers, the Senate holds placed on Ben Bernanke’s renomination, and the massive Comcast-NBC deal and what it says about the new realities for mass media — all on the 99th edition of Coffee and Markets.
By Francis Cianfrocca
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Posted in Features, Market, Podcasts
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Also tagged Coffee and Markets, Comcast, GE, Media, NBC-Universal, New York Times, NPR, Podcast, Podcasts
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November 16, 2009 – 10:32 am
It’s another day with the Federal Reserve at the center of discussion as Ben Bernanke heads to New York City to give some significant remarks. Should the Fed be more transparent? Should it be audited? We’ll talk about that and how the markets respond to the latest retail report on the latest podcast.
By Francis Cianfrocca
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Posted in Features, Market, Podcasts
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Also tagged Audit the Fed, Chris Dodd, Coffee and Markets, Federal Reserve, Interest Rate, Jim DeMint, Podcast, Podcasts, Ron Paul, Wall Street
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October 12, 2009 – 7:36 am
Today’s Coffee and Markets podcast focuses on the ramifications of higher interest rates, the need to protect the dollar, and the possibility of a double dip recession.
By Francis Cianfrocca
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Posted in Features, Market, Podcasts
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Also tagged Coffee and Markets, Dollar, Federal Reserve, Gold, inflation, Lawrence Kudlow, Monetary Policy, Podcast, Podcasts
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