An economist from the San Fran Federal Reserve is coming to my school!! Questions please...
Submitted by libertybrewcity on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 00:45
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On Monday the 16th an economist is coming to the University of San Francisco to discuss monetary policy for the Models Federal Reserve class and others who want to listen. I could ask a million questions but what question would get to him/her the most and light a fire in all those listening?
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how about the echo chamber?
Aren't most monetary policy orientated economists funded either directly by the fed (via paycheck) or through research grants and contracts? Doesn't that create an academic environment that is prone to be mono thought so to speak and devoid of any diversity of thought? Does that explain why the monetarists are so bad at predicting? aka bernanke said we're all peaches in cream when we were really in the thick of a recession.
There are good numbers of this somewhere...can't remember where I saw it but I am sure if you poke around the DP you will find hte article with the numbers of economists all spelled out and the dollars spent on their "research"...i mean echo chamber.
You can make this sound much less consperacyish with the facts and figures because its something that is pretty hard to deny is going on, but I bet you will still get a pretty entertaining response.
google up
"phone call to the fed" and print it out. You'll be all good my friend.
What's under the rock?
Ask him what he has to hide. Why did the Federal Reserve hire an ex-Enron lobbyist to try to stop HR1207?
How about stating the
How about stating the supposed Fed mandate to stabilize markets and then detailing their horrific track record, and ask them why anyone should trust a group which has consistently failed since its inception?
Or you could point out how they have destroyed the value of the dollar by roughly 95%, and then ask how much more worthless they would like to make our dollar...
here's one:
how about this:
"How do you explain that Austrian economics is the only school of economic thought that predicted the current economic crisis and many before this one?"
they probably won't say much but maybe some people in the audience may not have heard about it and will look it up. at the least it would inform those in attendance.
then
pass out flyers during the lecture with your favorite austrian bullet points and facts. believe me, the attendees will simply take one and pass it down as if it were material for the current presentation.
works best if you sit in front and pass backwards so the people on the end can turn around and pass in a like manner.
Since the Fed has totally failed in its
mandates, why should it be rewarded by further power over the economy?
What can we do to make you stop
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Good one. How about, "Is
Good one.
How about, "Is your resume up to date?"