Monetary Theory
The Dollar Dilemma: Where to From Here
A monetary crisis is coming. Will gold or crypto replace the dollar?
The Role of Shadow Banking in the Business Cycle
The history of shadow banking development confirms Mises’s thesis that each government intervention leads to unintended consequences.
Anderson, Hazlitt, and the Quantity Theory of Money
It was Benjamin Anderson who injected in Hazlitt a radical distaste of inflationary policies and paper money.
Problems With the Market Monetarist Approach to “Explaining” the Economy
Scott Sumner's Market Monetarist framework is seductively simple, but relies on a definitional trick.
Monetary Fallacies and Inflationary Bubbles
The relevancy of Mises’ analysis to today’s monetary and financial situation.
Why Fractional Reserve Banking Poses a Threat to Market Stability
Mises advocated free banking because he thought it would restrain fractional reserve banking, which he viewed as the cause of unsustainable booms.
The Specific Value of Money
"Different people and the same people at different times value the same objective facts in a different way."
Rothbard’s Monetary Thought
An overlooked volume of essays deals with Rothbard's monetary thought. Martin Stefunko regards it as mixed but valuable.