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The Journal of the American Enterprise Institute

Articles by Vincent R. Reinhart

The Peril of Anointing a Favored Financial Few Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The Obama administration’s financial reform package hits the trifecta of bad policy making.
Pluck of the Irish Friday, September 25, 2009
The finance minister of Ireland announced a plan to ransom the hostage economy. Others should follow suit.
The Perfect Financial Storm Fallacy Friday, July 31, 2009
Calling what has happened over the past two years a ‘perfect storm’ treats problems in financial markets as if they were imposed from outside by a force of ...
Simple Rules for a Complex Financial World Thursday, July 30, 2009
Complexity has been the bane of our financial system for decades and cannot be the solution going forward.
When They Were Young Thursday, July 16, 2009
Why look back to the last time that Messrs. Geithner and Summers ‘saved the world’? Because they are doing it again in the same way.
The High Cost of Getting the Story Wrong Tuesday, June 2, 2009
The narrative first written about the Great Depression was wrong in many important respects. Likewise with today’s crisis, the initial narrative is badly ...
The Nationalization Paradox Thursday, March 12, 2009
Americans are rightly skeptical of bank nationalization. But we might need to proceed anyway.
Preemptive Strikes Against Inflation Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Here are two reforms that could help the Fed avoid inflation when the crisis passes.
The Fed's Big Experiment Monday, November 3, 2008
America has embarked on one of the boldest ventures in the history of monetary economics.
A Bill That Deserved to Pass Monday, October 6, 2008
Henry Paulson has been granted broad authority to purchase troubled assets. Now it’s time for him to buy, buy, buy.
Secretary Paulson’s Double-Dog Dare Thursday, September 18, 2008
The line in the sand that Treasury drew over the weekend was obscured within a few days.
Messages from Merrill’s Misfortunes Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Last week’s big announcement by a Wall Street investment giant contains dark warnings about our economic future.
Risky Business Wednesday, July 23, 2008
With Fannie and Freddie, is the government mistaking a ‘first-generation’ crisis for a ‘second-generation’ crisis?
Peter Pan Goes to Wall Street Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Participants in the subprime mortgage market had a ‘Never-Never Land’ attitude. Now we must clean up the mess.
The Fed’s New Alphabet Soup Monday, March 24, 2008
Federal Reserve officials have effectively rewritten the rules on the role of a central bank in a market economy.