Contributions of Mises in The Theory of Money and Credit
Presented in Vienna, Austria, on 19 September 2011. Includes an introduction by Douglas E. French.
Monetary Theory
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Fiat Money and the Euro Crisis
Why does the behavior of the Greek government have anything to do with taxpayers in Germany? Why did the original Maastricht Treaty have rules about fiscal policy as part of the criteria for monetary union? The answer is that the euro is a fiat currency.
Lucas Is (Mostly) Clueless
Robert Lucas misses two important reasons why government/Keynesian stimulus schemes fail miserably.
Inflationists in Wolves’ Clothing
Just as the interventions of the Hoover administration in the early 1930s led to a massive increase in government under the New Deal and the abandonment of the gold standard, so too have the "stimulus" packages gotten us to the point where raw money printing is a policy option.
Sound Money: Fight for It!
The Mises Institute offers an extensive library of literature explaining the economics behind an autonomous commodity-coin system.
The Real Solution to the Debt Problem
The problem will never go away until we get rid of the banking cartelization device called the Federal Reserve.
The Fed and the ECB: Two Paths, One Goal
Both the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank are owners of the printing press. They produce base money.
Depreciation Is Nothing New
Abuse of paper money helped lead to the expulsion of the Mongol dynasty from China.
The Outlook for Saving and Investment
Bad ideological trends will result in the complete cessation of any voluntary saving and capital formation on the part of individual citizens.
Panel on Monetary Reform
Featuring Joseph T. Salerno, Jörg Guido Hülsmann, Mark Thornton, Roger W. Garrison, and Douglas E. French. Recorded at Mises University 2011.
