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The Shrinking Influence of the US Federal Reserve

By Gabor Steingart in Washington

Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Bank, faces a general investigation by the International Monetary Fund. Just one more example of the Fed losing its power. - No Fed chief in US history has been forced to submit to the kind of humiliation that Ben Bernanke is facing.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25329.htm



Financial Reform: Empower the People

By Ralph Nader

Anyone modestly familiar with the history of regulatory failures knows that the gross disparity of power and organized advocacy between big business and consumers outside of government leads to an absence of fair standards and law enforcement.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25328.htm



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