Economists Opposing Fed Audit Have Undisclosed Fed Ties

Huffington Post by Ryan Grim | Nov. 18, 2009 (Investigative Report)

As the debate over an audit of the Federal Reserve intensifies in the House, one camp is trotting out eight academics that it calls a "political cross section of prominent economists."

A review of their backgrounds shows they are anything but. Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 18, 2009

Grim looks at the strong potential for conflict of interest on the part of economists working for the Fed, and their stated position against having the Fed audited.

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