All posts tagged "banking"

Reprinted from Mises.org. Government...

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Foreword by Doug French (reprinted from Mises.org) The public’s understanding of what money is and its origins...

From Money, the Market, and the State, edited by Nicholas B. Beales and L. Aubrey Drewry, Jr.,...

September 29, 2014 is the 133rd anniversary of Ludwig von Mises’s birth. From The Essential von Mises....

Reprinted from the Freeman When, if ever, will there be reform of the money system? Smart people...

Reprinted from the Freeman Recent volatility has Americans talking about the stock market — and getting a...

The problem with the “real bills” doctrine Re: Free banking vs.the real bills doctrine I wrote the letter below to Don Boudreaux of Cafe Hayek. Under the real bills doctrine banks would be allowed to create demand deposits backed by promissory notes and not reserves. Those who adhere to this doctrine, such...

Reprinted from EconLib.org Critics of government budget deficits often argue that deficits are irresponsible and cowardly because...

Following the 2001 dot-com crisis, interest rates were lowered to 1% and then slowly raised to 5%...

Since 2008, central banks have rushed to lower interest rates to spur growth. This has induced mal-investments...

The Telegraph last week printed a very muddled article by Jeremy Warner entitled “Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to turn Britain into Zimbabwe” that unintentionally made the case against the quantitative easing that is destroying market economies around the globe. Corbyn, who is running for the leadership of the Labour Party, has advocated a...

Re: The case for retiring another barbarous relic Dear Sirs: I was appalled at your supposed “case” for eliminating cash, which you yourselves describe as the peoples’ “go-to safe asset”. And what IS your case? One, “cash…limits the central banks’ ability to stimulate a depressed economy.” Really? Although I am not in...

Reprinted from the Freeman More than 2,000 years before America’s bailouts and entitlement programs, the ancient Romans...

This essay originally appeared on Dr. Reisman’s blog on October 19, 2011, under the title “How a...

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Occasionally, when Austrians try to distinguish their brand of doing economics from the mainstream, they get hit...

Reprinted from Mises.org Many investors still view gold as a safe-haven investment, but there remains much confusion...

Reprinted from LewRockwell.com Rates are low, the weather is hot, and builders are more active than they’ve been in years. “Groundbreakings on new homes surged 26.6% and permits to build new homes rose 30% in June compared to one year ago, the U.S. Commerce Department said Friday,”reports Forbes. Housing construction hasn’t seen...