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  • Natural economic order

    First of all, I would like to introduce myself. I am a computer programmer from the Netherlands. I am working on a theory of money and banking derived from the "Natural Economic Order" of Silvio Gesell. "Natural Economic Order" clearly states that the root the economic and monetary...
    Posted to Economics Questions by niphtrique on Fri, Oct 3 2008
  • Money

    Monetary Evolution: Where are we today? Commerce today is dominated by “electronic” transactions. A business that does not support the use of debit/credit cards will be extremely limiting its customer base and will likely not survive. The emergence of this form of money was the credit card...
    Posted to Economics Questions by mmartillo on Thu, Sep 25 2008
  • Re: Why have a Central Bank?

    Ron, You are quite right about both Rothschild's quote and your statement that Britain does not have a 100% reserve system. Private banks played an extremely important role in financing nations and issuing their currencies in the 19th Century, and the Rothschild's among others profited greatly...
    Posted to Economics Questions by PhCrawford on Mon, Sep 15 2008
  • Re: How much money does the federal government get from Fed?

    According to the Fed Flow of Funds report, the Fed has absorbed about $40 billion per year of Treasury borrowings over the last five years. The $30 billion interest is actually a net loss to the Treasury, since they paid out about $35 billion in interest to the Fed (the difference is the cost of operating...
    Posted to Economics Questions by PhCrawford on Sat, Sep 13 2008
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