The U.S. Treasury got back the money it effectively lent to Chrysler in 1981 and even pocketed an equity kicker.

FORBES: Detroit's Pension

Amazingly, the International Monetary Fund, whose malpractice has devastated much of the world, got more money out of the U.S. Where are those trial lawyers when you really need them?

FORBES: Fact and Comment

The stagflation era of the 1970s got going for two big reasons: the U.S. printed money with abandon and was content to let scheduled tax increases come to pass.

FORBES: The Dow Is Retracing the Stagflation Market

During the 1830s, U.S. states got into the business of building railroads and canals, and they all lost money.

CNN: New Deal or raw deal?

It wants to get better returns on its investments than U.S. treasury bonds offer, but it's also got to make sure that moving this money doesn't cause turmoil in global markets.

NPR: Chinese Cash Moves Could Roil Markets

But dollar gold prices got far ahead of the levels that one would expect even given the rapid increase in U.S. money supply.

FORBES: What Gold Sees, and Ben Bernanke Does Not

The IRS will soon begin audits of overseas U.S. taxpayers, and it's got several tools to help track tax dodgers who are stuffing their money in exotic locales.

FORBES: Magazine Article