The Price of Silence

The Price of the Fed's Silence

Stephen Lewarne, American Institute for Economic Research When the Fed withholds information, markets don't stop searching — they simply reward those with privileged access.

The price of silence

By Abdullah Fahimi* – International Politics and Society (IPS-Journal) Five years of Taliban rule raise an uncomfortable question: what exactly has isolation achieved? Last weekend, marked five years since the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan. For five years, much of the Western world has pursued a policy of non-engagement toward the Taliban, premised on the assumption that isolation would generate pressure for change on issues such as h…