Monetary Theory

To blame every income discrepancy on discrimination leads to very odd conclusions, writes Andrew Syrios.

The European Central Bank is deeply concerned about deflation. And deflation paranoia is a convenient way to justify propping up southern Europe.

Thomas Piketty has written a popular economics book and serves up the same short-sighted, destructive policies.

Interviewed by host Andy Duncan, Jeff Deist discusses how Austrian economics can help make people wealthier, and how to gain practical knowledge ab

Interest rates are low, and staying low, because they are constantly manipulated by the Fed and other central banks.
 

Interviewed by host Tom Woods, Joe Salerno talks about the Fed, the Great Depression, currency wars, deflation, and why governments hate cash.

Keynesians use a very narrow definition of inflation, but if we have a better and broader understanding of prices and money, we can see that asset-price inflation is all around us. The Fed is doing nothing to help the situation, and is only helping perpetuate a bubble.
 

Interviewed by host Alan Butler, Mark Thornton explains why the Crack-Up Boom phase of a fiat money collapse is one of the scariest economic phenom

It isn't in the nature of government to cut back on any of its programs, projects, legislation, taxes, you fill in the blank.

Interviewed by host Redmond Weissenberger, Mark Thornton discusses the history of the U. S. empire of debt.