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		<description><![CDATA[C4SS Feed 44 presents Grant A. Mincy&#8216;s “End the Fed: The Economics of Liberty” read by Christopher B. King and edited by Nick Ford. Thanks to Carmen Segarra, however, we now have some keen insight to the inner operations of the Federal Reserve System. Segarra was recently employed at the New York Fed as a bank examiner, charged...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>C4SS Feed 44 presents <a href="http://c4ss.org/content/author/grant-mincy" target="_blank">Grant A. Mincy</a>&#8216;s “<a href="http://c4ss.org/content/32366" target="_blank">End the Fed: The Economics of Liberty</a>” read by Christopher B. King and edited by Nick Ford.</p>
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<p>Thanks to Carmen Segarra, however, we now have some keen insight to the inner operations of the Federal Reserve System.</p>
<p>Segarra was recently employed at the New York Fed as a bank examiner, charged with ensuring the bank followed internal regulations and conducting “oversight” of the economic powerhouse. During her tenure, Segarra grew suspicious the Fed was rather lenient with powerful, well-connected investment banks — notably Goldman Sachs (a key player in the 2008 financial crisis). To document her concerns she recorded 46 hours of private meetings and conversations. Her recordings reveal the Fed is, in fact, rather cozy with the financial institutions it’s supposed to regulate.</p>
<p>With evidence in hand, Segarra voiced her objections.</p>
<p>She was soon fired.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[La Federal Reserve ha l’incarico di mettere in pratica la politica monetaria americana. Considerato che dirige la più grande potenza economica mondiale, la Fed è ai vertici delle istituzioni di potere. Anche se guida la politica monetaria pubblica, la Fed è in gran parte privata. Dunque si muove in segreto, in assenza di controlli pubblici....]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>La <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_System" target="_blank">Federal Reserve</a> ha l’incarico di mettere in pratica la politica monetaria americana. Considerato che dirige la più grande potenza economica mondiale, la Fed è ai vertici delle istituzioni di potere. Anche se guida la politica monetaria pubblica, la Fed è in gran parte privata. Dunque si muove in segreto, in assenza di controlli pubblici. Grazie a <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/so-who-is-carmen-segarra-a-fed-whistleblower-qa" target="_blank">Carmen Segarra</a>, però, ora possiamo dare uno sguardo all’interno della <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_System" target="_blank">Federal Reserve</a>.</p>
<p>Qualche tempo fa, la Segarra è stata assunta dalla Fed di New York come esaminatore bancario, cioè con il compito di controllare che la banca seguisse tutti i regolamenti interni e di “supervisionare” questa centrale di potere economico. Durante il suo lavoro, la Segarra ha cominciato a sospettare una certa condiscendenza della Fed con le banche d’investimento che avevano buone amicizie; soprattutto la Goldman Sachs, <a href="http://documents.nytimes.com/goldman-sachs-internal-emails" target="_blank">protagonista chiave</a> della crisi finanziaria nel 2008. Per confermare i suoi sospetti, ha registrato 46 ore di incontri privati e conversazioni. Le registrazioni rivelano un atteggiamento piuttosto accomodante della Fed con le istituzioni finanziarie che avrebbe dovuto controllare. Prove alla mano, la Segarra ha dato voce alla sua protesta. È stata subito licenziata.</p>
<p>La donna è andata ad aggiungersi ai ranghi di altri informatori e ha passato le registrazioni a Jake Bernstein, <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/carmen-segarras-secret-recordings-from-inside-new-york-fed" target="_blank">un giornalista investigativo di ProPublica</a>, e <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/536/the-secret-recordings-of-carmen-segarra" target="_blank">al programma radiofonico <em>This American Life</em></a>. In un’intervista con l’emittente Npr, Bernstein nota: “Questa è gente che lavora dentro le banche. Incontra queste persone tutti i giorni, ha bisogno di informazioni dalle banche. È più facile ottenerle se si hanno amici e buone relazioni, ma a volte si scade nell’ossequio.” Le registrazioni rivelano molte cose, come gli accordi segreti definiti “oscuri” dagli stessi <a href="http://www.thinkadvisor.com/2014/10/01/regulatory-capture-by-wall-street-caught-on-tape" target="_blank">rappresentanti della Fed</a>, e rivelano la cultura corrotta che regna nella banca centrale.</p>
<p>“Scadere nell’ossequio” non è il termine appropriato. Meglio chiamarlo furto. La popolazione è derubata della propria libertà di agire e della propria sicurezza. Un furto sotto forma di salvataggi bancari e di una politica economica basata sul “troppo grande per fallire”, a vantaggio del capitalismo di stato.</p>
<p>Dopo le rivelazioni, il senatore democratico Elizabeth Warren, del Massachusetts, ha <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/28/elizabeth-warren-new-york-fed_n_5896778.html" target="_blank">invocato</a> un’indagine sulla corruzione della Fed. Assieme a lei il suo collega democratico Sherrod Brown. Illusioni.</p>
<p>Sono tantissimi anni che le grandi aziende e il settore finanziario godono di privilegi economici garantiti dallo stato con la premessa che queste istituzioni sono indispensabili alla società. La finanza è separata ma allo stesso tempo legata profondamente allo stato. Questo significa che l’economia della nazione è connessa direttamente con queste istituzioni. Questi legami danno forza ad un’economia politica corporativa in cui lo stato ha interesse diretto a far sì che queste concentrazioni di capitale, oggi definite “troppo grandi per fallire”, abbiano successo. Se vuole conservarsi in salute, lo stato deve garantire la stabilità del capitalismo.</p>
<p>Le normative appaiono così come uno spreco di tempo, energie e denaro pubblico.</p>
<p>Noi che apparteniamo alla sinistra di mercato siamo contrari a queste concentrazioni di potere e capitali, che in primo luogo permettono l’esistenza di istituzioni “troppo grandi per fallire”. Crediamo che spetti al potere della società, liberato dalla simbiosi stato-capitale, guidare il mercato. Immaginiamo un sistema economico e di governance decentralizzato e partecipativo. In una società basata sulla libertà personale e di associazione non c’è posto per il potere.</p>
<p>Chi è a capo della Fed, così come gli altri presunti controllori, crede di poter programmare l’economia. Il loro problema è che il mercato, come tutto ciò che dipende dal comportamento umano, non è fatto per essere programmato: il mercato è spontaneo. La volontà di controllare l’economia porta necessariamente all’ingabbiamento dell’attività umana e dell’innovazione. In un mercato liberato, al contrario, il potere sarebbe diffuso tra tutti, e questo richiederebbe libertà di agire e di seguire le proprie inclinazioni. È tempo di chiudere la Fed e di mettere in pratica un’economia basata sulla libertà.</p>
<p><a href="http://pulgarias.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Traduzione di Enrico Sanna</a>.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve is responsible for implementing US monetary policy. As it directs the world&#8217;s largest economy, the Fed earns top rank among powerful institutions. Though the central bank guides state monetary policy, the Fed is largely a private institution. As such, bank operations move in secrecy, absent of oversight from the public arena. Thanks...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The <a title="Federal Reserve System" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_System">Federal Reserve</a> is responsible for implementing US monetary policy. As it directs the world&#8217;s largest economy, the Fed earns top rank among powerful institutions. Though the central bank guides state monetary policy, the Fed is largely a private institution. As such, bank operations move in secrecy, absent of oversight from the public arena. Thanks to <a title="So Who is Carmen Segarra? A Fed Whistleblower Q&amp;A" href="http://www.propublica.org/article/so-who-is-carmen-segarra-a-fed-whistleblower-qa">Carmen Segarra</a>, however, we now have some keen insight to the inner operations of the <a title="Federal Reserve System" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_System">Federal Reserve System</a>.</p>
<p>Segarra was recently employed at the New York Fed as a bank examiner, charged with ensuring the bank followed internal regulations and conducting &#8220;oversight&#8221; of the economic powerhouse. During her tenure, Segarra grew suspicious the Fed was rather lenient with powerful, well-connected investment banks &#8212; notably Goldman Sachs (a <a title="Goldman Sachs and the Financial Crisis" href="http://documents.nytimes.com/goldman-sachs-internal-emails">key player</a> in the 2008 financial crisis). To document her concerns she recorded 46 hours of private meetings and conversations. Her recordings reveal the Fed is, in fact, rather cozy with the financial institutions it&#8217;s supposed to regulate. With evidence in hand, Segarra voiced her objections. She was soon fired.</p>
<p>Segarra joined the ranks of other whistle-blowers and leaked her recordings to Jake Bernstein, <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/carmen-segarras-secret-recordings-from-inside-new-york-fed" target="_blank">an investigative reporter from <em>ProPublica</em></a>, and to the <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/536/the-secret-recordings-of-carmen-segarra" target="_blank">public radio program, <em>This American Life</em></a>. In an interview with NPR, Bernstein notes: &#8220;These are people who work inside the banks. They see these people every day, and they need to obtain the information from these banks, and it&#8217;s easier to obtain the information if you&#8217;re friendly and if you have a good relationship, but sometimes that can slide to deference.&#8221; The tapes reveal much, such as back-room deals described as &#8220;shady&#8221; <a title="‘Regulatory Capture’ by Wall Street Caught on Tape?" href="http://www.thinkadvisor.com/2014/10/01/regulatory-capture-by-wall-street-caught-on-tape">by Fed officials</a>, but at their heart, the recordings tell the story of a corrupt culture within the central bank.</p>
<p>A &#8220;slide to deference&#8221; is not the proper description. Theft is more accurate. The theft of labor, property and security from the populace, in the form of bailouts and &#8220;too big to fail&#8221; economic policy, for the benefit of the state capitalist system.</p>
<p>Because of the leaks, US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) <a title="Elizabeth Warren Wants to Investigate the Fed" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/28/elizabeth-warren-new-york-fed_n_5896778.html">is trumpeting the call</a> for a corruption investigation into the Fed. She is joined by her Democratic colleague Sherrod Brown. Such calls are folly.</p>
<p>State-sanctioned economic privilege has long been granted to big business and the financial sector under the premise that these institutions are necessary for social organization. The financial sector is separate from, but intimately related with, the state. As such, the economy of the nation-state is directly linked to these institutions. This relationship forges a corporatist political economy where the state has direct interest in the success of these now “too big to fail” concentrations of capital &#8212; the state must keep capitalism stable for its own preservation..</p>
<p>Regulation is thus a waste of time, energy and taxpayer dollars.</p>
<p>Those of us on the market left, however, oppose the very concentrations of power and capital that allow &#8220;too big to fail&#8221; institutions to exist in the first place. We believe social power, liberated of state-capital symbiosis, should steer the market. We envision decentralized and participatory systems of governance and economics. There is no room for archism in a social order of liberty and free association.</p>
<p>Those that head the Fed, and other would-be regulators, imagine they can design economic systems. The problem is markets, like all human behavior, are not structured for the command and control mentality &#8212; markets are spontaneous. The desire for control of economic systems necessarily requires the restriction of human labor and innovation. The liberated market, in contrast, with power diffused to the public arena, requires liberty and the inclined labor of human-beings. It&#8217;s far past time we end the Fed and actualize the economics of liberty.</p>
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