Money and Banking

David Howden reveals how banking, especially fractional reserves and central bank manipulations, creates instability and inflation.

Dr. Sandy Klein walks through the origins and essential functions of money, showing how barter’s pitfalls led to the spontaneous emergence of money as a medium of exchange.

The origination of money is a ground shaking, mind altering realization of how the world works.

Governments have so corrupted money that we forget that sound money, by providing both fungibility and privacy, has been a defense against overreaching governments. While sound money is in the interests of citizens, governments have managed to destroy it.

Governments have so corrupted money that we forget that sound money, by providing both fungibility and privacy, has been a defense against overreaching governments. While sound money is in the interests of citizens, governments have managed to destroy it.

As US debt soars and foreign central banks stockpile gold, members of Congress introduce a bill to require a comprehensive audit of America’s gold reserves.

As US debt soars and foreign central banks stockpile gold, members of Congress introduce a bill to require a comprehensive audit of America’s gold reserves.

Bitcoin and gold are now playing the essential role that central banks should be enforcing.

How much money does an economy need in circulation to function? Austrians believe that a growing economy does not need a growing supply of money, which sets Austrian economics apart from other schools of economic thought.

What do COVID lockdowns, currency collapses, and hyperinflation all have in common? According to Steve Hanke, they all reveal how central planners manipulate fear, money, and power to control society.