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James Groth
Research Associate
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James Groth is a research associate at Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank advancing free minds and free markets. Prior to joining Reason, where he works on monetary policy reform and financial regulation, he worked as a proprietary trader and asset manager. Groth holds a B.A. in economics from Tufts University.
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- The Federal Reserve Signals No Further Easing…Until the Next Easing
James Groth
April 4, 2012, 12:12pm - John Taylor and the Need to Limit Fed Discretion
James Groth
March 30, 2012, 2:27pm - STOCK Act Ready for Obama’s Signature
James Groth
March 23, 2012, 12:52pm - Goldman Sachs Scams Federal Reserve Operation Twist
James Groth
March 21, 2012, 7:43pm - Securities Regulation Continues to Frustrate
James Groth
March 19, 2012, 11:45am - Oil Prices and Monetary Policy
James Groth
March 16, 2012, 6:37pm - Another Gem from Fed President Richard Fisher
James Groth
March 12, 2012, 2:38pm - Japan Reports Huge Current Account Deficit. Should the U.S. be Worried?
James Groth
March 9, 2012, 3:46am - Americans Don't Benefit From Fed Inflated Asset Prices
The Wealth Demographics of Misdirected Monetary Policy
James Groth
March 9, 2012 - Raskin and the Fed are Wrong to Inflate Stocks
James Groth
March 8, 2012, 10:00pm - Bernanke and You: Charting His Control
James Groth
February 22, 2012, 2:05pm - Occupy the SEC
James Groth
February 15, 2012, 5:04pm - Landslide! STOCK Act More Popular than Hepatitis
James Groth
February 10, 2012, 3:53pm - Bernanke is Depriving Most Americans from Creating Real Wealth
James Groth
February 8, 2012, 2:53pm - What Has Ben Bernanke Done For You Lately?
Why the Federal Reserve’s Policies Aren’t Helping a Majority of Americans
James Groth
February 8, 2012 - Senate Approves Lawmakers Insider Trading Ban. Whatever.
James Groth
February 3, 2012, 11:01am - Greek Debt Talks Stall, Again. What About Portugal?
James Groth
January 30, 2012, 5:47pm - Japan Steps Up Fed Borrowing: A Good Indicator of a Slow Motion Train Wreck
James Groth
January 23, 2012, 4:05pm - Bernanke’s White Paper: The Government Your Landlord
James Groth
January 13, 2012, 5:49pm - Fed to Adopt Inflation Targeting, a Few Thoughts
James Groth
January 6, 2012, 5:16pm - Bernie Madoff for President
James Groth
December 29, 2011, 3:58pm - Finally, the Federal Reserve’s Bailout of Europe Hits Mainsteam
James Groth
December 28, 2011, 1:25pm - Congress Plays Charades with Insider Trading
STOCK Act gives appearance of crackdown but achieves little
James Groth
December 20, 2011 - The Federal Reserve is Buying Euro Debt and We are All Going to Pay
James Groth
December 16, 2011, 11:13am - Study Finds Obama’s New Tax Law Would Cost Massachusetts 5,400 Jobs
James Groth
December 1, 2011, 8:00pm - To Anyone Reading About Paulson Tipping-off Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Managers
James Groth
November 29, 2011, 1:11pm - Judge Forces the SEC to Actually Do its Job
James Groth
November 28, 2011, 6:15pm - Justice Department Investigates Banks – a Bit Off and a Little Late
James Groth
November 28, 2011, 1:26pm - Confidence in a Lender of Last Resort Leads to Systemic Risk
James Groth
November 18, 2011, 5:15pm - Nominal GDP Targeting: Inflation and Misdirection
James Groth
November 16, 2011, 6:17pm - Consumers to Dick Durbin, Walmart: Thanks for the New Banking Fees!
As banks conjure up ways to make up for their federally imposed losses, the retail industry is sitting silently on the sidelines enjoying an estimated $7 billion in increased revenue from the transaction fee limitations
James Groth and Anthony Randazzo
November 10, 2011 - Capital Requirements Do More Harm Than Good
James Groth
November 9, 2011, 4:36pm - The Fed, The ECB, $5 Gasoline and Once Again, Goldman Sachs
James Groth
November 8, 2011, 1:47pm - What’s the Plan, Mr. Bernanke?
James Groth
November 2, 2011, 4:37pm - Banks Win, You Lose on Federal Reserve Policy
James Groth
October 28, 2011, 4:28pm - Don’t Believe Everything You Read – Inflation is NOT Peaking
James Groth
October 25, 2011, 1:14pm - European CDS Short-Ban, European CDO Issuance, and Levering to the Hilt
James Groth
October 18, 2011, 4:41pm - “Independent” Fed Becoming Political
James Groth
October 14, 2011, 1:11pm - The Megabanks Mess - A Book Review
James Groth
October 11, 2011, 6:32pm - Conflict of Interest at the Federal Reserve – Operation Twist is Utter Failure
James Groth
October 11, 2011, 4:54pm - A Messy Story
Book Review: How the financial system lost its way
James Groth
October 11, 2011 - Regulators Are Supposed to Prevent Bank Runs, Not Cause Them
James Groth
October 3, 2011, 2:11pm - God Bless You, Richard Fisher
James Groth
September 27, 2011, 5:45pm - It’s Time for the United States to Fire Its Broker
James Groth
September 23, 2011, 10:22am - When Does it End? The Fed Eases Once Again
James Groth
September 21, 2011, 4:21pm - Shopping Our Way to Recovery
James Groth
September 16, 2011, 4:04pm - The FOMC's Saving Grace: Richard Fisher
James Groth
September 13, 2011, 2:31pm - Bernanke’s Biggest Cheerleader Advocates Further Fed Action
James Groth
September 7, 2011, 3:32pm - Jobs Report: Market Looks to The Fed For More Distortions
James Groth
September 2, 2011, 7:00pm - What Are Bond Markets Telling Us?
James Groth
August 31, 2011, 9:00am