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  • Mystery of Banking Question

    I have thus far found the Mystery of Banking to be an amazing book on the dynamics of the money system. But Rothbard's description of the fractional reserve system does not jive with what I have been taught and this definition becomes essential later on when he explains why fractional reserve banking...
    Posted to Economics Questions (Forum) by smccart on Sun, Aug 17 2008
  • Re: Overview/Explanation of American Economic History from a Free Market/Austrian perspective

    Wow, can't believe I missed this and it only got one response. Rothbard was a great economic historian, you can refer to the following works, available at Mises for free in various digital mediums and in print at the Store. America's Great Depression Free: http://mises.org/rothbard/agd.pdf Print...
    Posted to History (Forum) by liberty student on Fri, Jul 18 2008
  • New Audiobook: "What Has the Government Done to Our Money?" by Murray N. Rothbard

    Greetings. A new audiobook is available in The Rational Argumentator’s Audio Section : “What Has the Government Done to Our Money?” by Murray N. Rothbard; Read by G. Stolyarov II I hope that you will enjoy it.
    Posted to Announcements (Forum) by G. Stolyarov II on Mon, Jun 23 2008
  • History of Gold as Money?

    I am currently reading Murray Rothbard's "What Has Government Done To Our Money? & The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar". I recently came upon a curios passage that states the following: "I need not go through the familiar but fascinating story of how gold and silver were selected...
    Posted to History (Forum) by 2220 on Wed, May 28 2008
  • Sound money for Europe

    The recently founded Murray Rothbard Institute in Belgium is bringing Murray Rothbard's terrific little book on monetary theory, history and policy into print in Dutch: "What has government done to our money?" - or "Wat heeft de overheid met ons geld gedaan?". In an age of rising...
    Posted to General (Forum) by michaelbw on Fri, Mar 7 2008
  • Re: help me design a self-study course in Austrian economics

    i have recently designed the following course for my own use: rigourous introductory study centers around rothbard's 'man, economy, and state', via robert murphy's accompanying study guide as an auxillary map, and with mises' 'human action', 'theory of money and credit'...
    Posted to Economics Questions (Forum) by misesstudent on Wed, Oct 31 2007
  • Inflation premiums in the interest rate

    An expectation of long term inflation would seem to be factored into (loan) interest rates. Rothbard makes this point in "Making Economic Sense", ch. 8: http://www.mises.org/econsense/ch8.asp, in particular: As prices rise, and as people begin to anticipate further price increases, an inflation...
    Posted to Economics Questions (Forum) by rjljr2 on Wed, Sep 26 2007
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