Following the money in the Wall Street shakeout? Start here.
OpenSecrets.org has many, many resources for anyone interested in following the money as Washington policymakers continue to craft and implement their solutions to the floundering economy. Here’s a guide to what we at the Center for Responsive Politics have for you online:
Overviews of federal campaign contributions and lobbying by the finance, insurance and real estate [...]
New Fannie, Freddie rules on the way
The federal regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will set new rules early next week governing the mortgage finance companies’ portfolios, which play a crucial role in the nation’s housing market.
Reject Interventionism and Embrace Liberty
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Ludwig von Mises pointed out that one government intervention will inevitably lead to more interventions. The reason is that the initial intervention produces a crisis, which then leads public officials to call for a new intervention to address the crisis. That new intervention then produces a new crisis, which then leads [...]