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    Bell Ringers

    October 8, 2008 at 4:17 pm

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    A Round-up of Op-Eds from the Heritage Foundation Tax Us, Exempt Matt Damon? – Brian Darling Congress decided to load up the bailout bill too, of course. Amid warnings of a massive economic slow-down being right around the corner, lawmakers couldn’t seem to refrain from freighting the potential deal with … More

    Understanding the Credit Crisis

    September 25, 2008 at 5:31 pm

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    Heritage fellow JD Foster explains what led to the credit crisis and why it cannot be ignored. There are unprecedented problems in the financial markets. The Federal Funds Rate is the No. 1 tool that the Federal Reserve Board has for governing monetary policy. The Federal Funds Rate jumped much … More

    An Ounce of Prevention…

    March 14, 2008 at 3:23 pm

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    The March 13 report of the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets is a good start towards preventing another credit crisis like the one that has been shaking up Wall Street for the last several months. Rather than trying to clean up the current mess or assigning blame, the report … More

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    Ed Meese: We’ve Seen the Effect of “Amnesty” BeforeExperts can’t always predict exactly how public policy will affect the nation, despite our best efforts. But when it comes to immigration policy, we have tried many of the types of reforms advocated by today’s Gang of Eight—so we should consider the effects these reforms had in the past. In … MoreMore
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