…buy, while increasing the amount of money you pay for money. In some situations, of course, this bargain is worthwhile. The largest of these is housing. Only in the case…

…act as payment agents for depositors, and they loan out money to borrowers. Now, consider the role of the Fed. The Fed essentially stores money and acts as a payment…

…system make made money by charging interest on the rent for that money. If entitites in the banking system made poor loans, they went out of business. Hence, they had…

…future consumption one’s desire for liquidity may actually be negative for some levels of liquidity. I might want to tie my money up in a non liquid asset, say a…

…end to this waste of money? Shouldn’t he be calling on Congress to pull back the money that hasn’t already been thrown away? Shouldn’t he be proposing some other alternative?…

rdan A quick search on 401ks in response to reader Noni Mausa: Via Money Central: Financially stretched workers are increasingly breaking into their retirement accounts to get cash. Over the…

…happy camper in its Southern Strategy effort. So now, having spent the money, beating Citi and saving the FDIC, Wells is going to have to watch as SunTrust eats its…

…etc. If one is worried about future consumption one’s desire for liquidity may actually be negative for some levels of liquidity. I might want to tie my money up in…

…that these money people are only disinterested patriots, spending their own money to warn foolish Americans and their irresponsible Congressmen who are about to drive the country over a cliff…

If strong money supply growth is such a problem, why does the stock market like it so much?…