Archive for Monetary Policy

End The Fed & Consider Outlawing Fractional Reserve Banking

Channel: CNBC
Show: Squawk Box
Date: 11/13/2009
Joe Kernen: But Chris Dodd has a bill taking aim at the Fed. The overhaul bill that he proposes would reduce the role of the Federal Reserve. However, Congressman Ron Paul has been on that crusade for some time now, calling for more transparency at the central bank. He joins us [...]

Ron Paul: A “Strong” Dollar? The Real Policy is Constant Devaluation

Date: 11/12/2009
Ron Paul: I’d like to talk about monetary policy a bit. The dollar has been in the news, gold has been in the news, and a significant event has just recently transpired. It happened on November 2nd and to me it was a very significant event. That was the day the Indian central bank [...]

Ron Paul: Let The Dollar Prove Itself

by Ron Paul
A growing number of Americans are becoming aware of the Federal Reserve System, what it is, how it has precipitated our financial crisis, and how it continues to pursue policies that delay economic recovery and weaken the dollar.
The Fed’s actions, combined with the federal government’s bailout bills and stimulus packages, have struck a [...]

Ron Paul Questions Timothy Geithner

Venue: House Financial Services Committee
Topic: Systemic Regulation, Prudential Matters, Resolution Authority and Securitization
Date: 10/29/2009
Ron Paul: Mr. Secretary, more and more people today are looking critically at the Federal Reserve and wondering what’s going on. And, of course, the people are asking more questions and they want to know exactly what role the Federal Reserve has [...]

Ron Paul on the Value of Money

Venue: Joint Economic Committee Hearing
Date: 10/22/2009
Transcript
Ron Paul: Thank you, Madam Chairman and welcome, Dr. Brummer. I appreciate this opportunity to attend this hearing. I’m sorry I have to leave shortly to do some votes, but I did want to make a couple of points and maybe you can follow upon this later on.
In the [...]

Ron Paul on the Jason Lewis Show

Show: Jason Lewis Show
Date: 10/21/2009
Transcript
Jason Lewis: As we suffer through the post housing bubble bursting, I guess the bursting of the housing bubble that has given us this economic malaise, this malinvestment that’s been worked off, let it be known that this is probably the third bubble in a row created by monetary policy. We [...]

Rand Paul, Tom Woods, Lew Rockwell on Freedom Watch

This afternoon, Rand Paul joined Tom Woods, Lew Rockwell, Otto Guevara, Glenn Jacobs, Jason Talley, Pete Eyre and Shelly Roche on Judge Andrew Napolitano’s online show “Freedom Watch” for an insightful discussion about the latest political and economic developments. (Ron Paul was originally scheduled for the show but had to participate in a House floor [...]

Ron Paul on the Reality Report

Congressman Ron Paul joins Gary Franchi on the latest edition of the Reality Report to discuss HR 1207, the concept of competing currencies, and what an economic collapse would look like.

Show: Reality Report
Date: 5/7/2009
Transcript
Gary Franchi: Welcome back to the Reality Report. Joining us now to discuss the Federal Reserve Accountability Act, HR 1207, and [...]

Ben Bernanke to Ron Paul: “I will resist any attempt to dictate monetary policy.”

Event: Congress’ Joint Economic Committee
Date: 5/5/2009
Transcript:
Ron Paul: Welcome, Chairman Bernanke. I have a couple of questions, but first I want to mention that I find it awfully frustrating at times when we always talk about inflation and we only talk about the prices and say, “We have prices under control, there is no inflation”. We [...]

Ron Paul: Global Reserve Currency Is Good, As Long As It’s Gold

Date: 4/2/2009
Transcript:
Paul-Martin Foss: Dr. Paul, you’ve seen some pretty bad federal budgets over the years and you’ve voted against every budget for over a decade. Is this one of the worst budgets you’ve seen, and do you see any room for improvement in the next few years?
Ron Paul: It is one of the [...]

Ron Paul on Fox Business

Channel: Fox Business
Date: 3/24/2009
News Anchor: Today during the AIG hearing, Representative Ron Paul declared that free markets and capitalism weren’t working. Watch this.
Ron Paul: We had a system where the free market wasn’t working, we didn’t have capitalism. The allocation of capital came from the direction of the Federal Reserve and a lot of rules [...]

Ron Paul Reloaded

Watch the video in high definition at RonPaulReloaded.com
Watch Ron Paul’s original “What if” speech.
Transcript:
Ron Paul: “Madam Speaker, I have a few questions for my colleagues.
What if our foreign policy of the past century is deeply flawed and has not served our national security interest?
What if we wake up one day and realize that [...]