The book Deflation: Current and Historical Perspectives, dedicated to the history and economics of the phenomenon of falling prices, is composed of 11 contributions by 20 economists
We explore several unaddressed issues in George Selgin’s (1988) claim that the best monetary system to maintain monetary equilibrium is a fractional reserve free banking one.
Recent events in the US — high unemployment, record federal deficits, and unprecedented financial distress — have raised serious doubts about the future of the dollar.
The Banking Act of 1933, sometimes referred to as the Glass-Steagall Act, separated commercial and investment banking, instituted Federal deposit insurance,
In the last twenty years, continual financial innovation has led to the increased use of MMMFs as a substitute for checkable deposits. While many technical considerations suggest that it
No matter what reform proposal is adopted, the state will attempt to strike back against it to restore to itself the immense benefits it receives from the existing system.
That Hayek’s work on money, investment, and business cycle theory should be misunderstood and misrepresented poses nothing new.
Dinosaur reveals many relevant truths that do not appear in World Bank financial statements and press release while reviewing much of the relevant literature.
In this article it will be argued that collective corruption - which is the logical result of government interventionism in the field of money production
The article by Jörg Guido Hülsmann, “Free Banking and the Free Bankers,” is an important contribution to a proper understanding of free-banking systems. He is perfectly correct in blaming some advocates of free banking who support arguments which are irrelevant or wrong,
