Jean-Baptiste Colbert and Louis XIV
Colbert: "The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing."
Monetary Theory
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Murray Rothbard and the Deflation Bogey
Contra the "experts," the economy really needs a strong bout of deflation to eradicate malinvestments and to permit the economy to have a real recovery.
Money, Keynes, and History
Though the descent of Keynesian doctrine from intellectual respectability can be denied no longer, it still gravely threatens sensible monetary policy.
What Derek Carr’s Contract Teaches Us about Wall Street and Income Inequality
Until we abolish the Fed, Wall Street will continue to dominate the economy even more than Bill Belicheck has the dominated NFL.
Four Reasons Central Banks are Wrong to Fight Deflation
The harmful character of deflation is a sacred dogma of monetary policy. However, evidence substantiating these claims is either weak or nonexistent.
Peter Klein on How Not to Reform the Fed
Peter Klein and Jeff Deist discuss the effectiveness of constraints on the Fed.
The Fed’s Dangerous View of History
Economics has shown the alleged blessings of an abundance of money are the outcome of crass errors in reasoning.
Gold vs. Fluctuating Fiat Exchange Rates
Without gold, without an international money, the world is destined to stumble into one accelerated monetary crisis after another.
How Economists Destroyed Pre-World War II Germany
Monetary history proves that no nation can afford to treat economic theory with contempt.
Bob Murphy: Where Monetarism Goes Wrong
Jeff Deist and Bob Murphy discuss monetarism, and the differences between the Austrian and Chicago schools.
