Jim Grant Calls for Return to a 'True Gold Standard'

March Madness is now in full swing. Fed Madness continues apace. The NCAA basketball tournament (which started earlier today) wouldn’t be very interesting without the 35-second shot clock forcing teams to shoot the ball. Forget slam dunks and three pointers, without the shot clock the game would be pass, pass, pass, while the clock would tick, tick, tick. The talents of big stars would be neutralized by opponents milking the clock. Bracketology? No one would care.

Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.With the U.S. economy showing signs of softness as the Fed’s second round of quantitative easing is set to expire, many are asking whether a third round of stimulus is in order. Berkeley’s Brad DeLong and Jim Grant, of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, offer their differing takes on whether QE3 is a good idea.

CFA Institute submits: By Will Goodhart and John Bowman, CFA What historical lessons do the 1929 Crash and the Great Depression offer when evaluating economic policymakers’ approach to stabilizing the global economy of today?

Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.James Grant, publisher of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, talks about Federal Reserve policy, investment strategy and the recent sale of one of Edvard Munch’s four versions of “The Scream” for $119.9 million.

Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.This week on Wealthtrack, Consuelo Mack talks to James Grant, the editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, a self described “independent, value oriented and contrary minded journal of the financial markets”.

Prieur du Plessis submits: James Grant, editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, talks with Bloomberg about former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, specifically about testimony by the “Maestro” in front of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission he

Jim Grant, editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, appeared on Bloomberg TV to talk about the Fed’s three potential additions to the Board of Governors. Here are the key highlights from the interview, courtesy of Bloomberg Television: Grant’s thoughts on new Fed additions: “I think the first order of business will be to try once more to print [...]