Money and Banking

The Free Market 31, no. 2 (February 2013)

Why should a price having fallen indicate that it will continue to fall? Why should past trends continue?

Once a fiat money system has been put in place, banks and bankers have joined the vast criminal enterprise that is the state.

Crony capitalism and Keynesianism are just two sides of the same debased coin.

Several Austrian economists respond to the German Central Bank's move to repatriate its foreign-held gold.

Did a monetary miracle occur in a small town in Austria in the midst of the Great Depression?

Presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan, hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and sponsored by the Story Garschina Charitable Fund, and Anon

Although largely forgotten today, repudiation of public debt is a solid part of the American tradition.

The euro has ended monetary nationalism and is acting, even if only timidly, as a "proxy" for the gold standard.

High public (external) debts and persisting import surpluses are signs of a weak currency.