Frank Shostak
Frank Shostak is an Associated Scholar of the Mises Institute. His consulting firm, Applied Austrian School Economics, provides in-depth assessments and reports of financial markets and global economies. He received his bachelor’s degree from Hebrew University, his master’s degree from Witwatersrand University, and his PhD from Rands Afrikaanse University and has taught at the University of Pretoria and the Graduate Business School at Witwatersrand University.
Latest work
Contrary to mainstream economists, credit expansion that is not backed by real savings leads ultimately to an economic downturn.
Mainstream economists claim money has purchasing power because the government issuing the money has so declared. That makes no sense.