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  • Fractional or 100% Reserve System

    I was listening to Peter Schiff, and I heard him say that you don't have to give up a fractional reserve system as long as you tie it to gold. However, I thought you would want a 100% reserve currency because otherwise the money supply could still change based on the amount of credit in the system...
    Posted to Economics Questions by JEHeer6231 on Thu, Sep 25 2008
  • Re: A video on banking today

    Thanks for posting the link. I thought the video was interesting but I don't agree with a lot of what it says. Here are my main disagreements: -The author seems to think that a constantly growing money supply is necessary. -The film condemns all credit transactions where interest is charged, as opposed...
    Posted to Economics Questions by John Stabbyman on Sat, Dec 8 2007
  • The Golden Constant

    There must be people on here that are aware of Roy Jastram's fascinating work "The Golden Constant". Its a book sized piece on the gold/commodity ratio from 1580 until 1976. Its a great read if you know about Mises' theory on the interest rate and the Gibson's paradox observation...
    Posted to Economics Questions by npmcw on Thu, Dec 6 2007
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