Tag Archives: Coffee and Markets

Negative Interest Rates, Fed Audits, and Geithner in the Dock

Negative interest rates finally materialize, Tim Geithner falls on his face at Congress, and the House moves forward with their policy of gutting the Federal Reserve. That’s three big stories to talk about on today’s Coffee and Markets.

Reid’s Massive Health Care Mess

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has finally brought out the health care bill he’s fashioned behind closed doors over the past several weeks, and it ain’t pretty. It’s a massive piece of legislation, but will it actually solve any of America’s health care problems?

Jobs: An Economic Problem or a Political Problem?

The Democrat leadership in Washington is terrified that people will start blaming them for historically high unemployment levels, despite their best efforts to create or save jobs in Texas District 85 and elsewhere.

Is America Becoming More Like China?

Is America becoming more like China under President Obama? Or should we be upset that it isn’t? We’ll talk about the President’s jarring diplomatic trip to Asia and how the markets responded to Ben Bernanke’s New York speech on today’s Coffee and Markets.

Retail, Ben Bernanke, and Auditing the Fed

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.

Obamacare vs. the American Entrepreneur

For the latest edition of Coffee and Markets, we’ll be talking about health care, and how President Obama’s policies could actually hurt the American entrepreneur. We also have a big announcement of a new sponsor and home for the podcast.

China, Prosperity, and the Berlin Wall

President Obama heads to China this weekend for a four day trip at a key juncture for the global economy. What are some of the lessons we’ve learned about prosperity and capitalism in the twenty years since the Berlin Wall fell? All this and more on the latest edition of Coffee and Markets.

Christopher Dodd’s Big Regulation Push

Today Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd will present his proposed reforms of financial regulation, which could have massive ramifications for American banks and the entire economy. Will these reforms do anything to stop another crash, or will they spell the end of American small business?

The Market, Health Care, and Moral Hazard

Today’s Coffee and Markets podcast focuses on the surge in stock markets around the globe, the health care vote over the weekend, and the difficulty of regulating moral hazard.

Winners, Losers, and Lessons From Election 09

Today’s podcast takes another break from market and economic coverage to focus on the ramifications of this week’s elections: who are some of the winners and losers who might not be obvious? What are some of the unexpected lessons? TNL’s Brad Jackson offers his take.

- November 21, 2009 -

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