Monetary Theory

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What Is Optimal Monetary Policy, Anyway?

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Blog02/16/2018
Economists usually sneak in their own value judgments when claiming they are for objectively "optimal" monetary policy.
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Central Banks Holding Steady, But Promise More Rate Hikes

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Blog02/08/2018
In all cases — except the ECB — central bankers said they expected to raise rates more in the near future.
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Money, Keynes, and History

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Blog07/06/2017
Though the descent of Keynesian doctrine from intellectual respectability can be denied no longer, it still gravely threatens sensible monetary policy.
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What Derek Carr’s Contract Teaches Us about Wall Street and Income Inequality

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Blog06/23/2017
Until we abolish the Fed, Wall Street will continue to dominate the economy even more than Bill Belicheck has the dominated NFL.
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Four Reasons Central Banks are Wrong to Fight Deflation

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Blog06/22/2017
The harmful character of deflation is a sacred dogma of monetary policy. However, evidence substantiating these claims is either weak or nonexistent.
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The Fed's Dangerous View of History

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Blog06/07/2017
Economics has shown the alleged blessings of an abundance of money are the outcome of crass errors in reasoning.
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Gold vs. Fluctuating Fiat Exchange Rates

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Blog06/02/2017
Without gold, without an international money, the world is destined to stumble into one accelerated monetary crisis after another.
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How Economists Destroyed Pre-World War II Germany

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Blog05/22/2017
Monetary history proves that no nation can afford to treat economic theory with contempt.
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The "New Normal" of Ultra-Low Interest Rates

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Blog02/14/2017
After nine years of unwarranted and irrational monetary policy, some people are taking the current monetary regime as normal and natural.
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How Trump Could Win the Currency War

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Blog02/06/2017
If Trump wants to end the foreign currency manipulation he condemns, he can begin by ending the use of "non-standard" monetary tools in the US.
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