11. The Jacksonian Movement and the Bank War
From Part I of A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II: “The History of Money and Bank
Money and Banking
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Did Hoover Really Slash Spending?
When an economy is on the ropes, the last thing in the world it needs is for politicians to squander more resources and for the central bank to print up more green pieces of paper.
Political Money
"The Bank of England has been reduced to the position of a part of the machinery for the manufacturing of political money in any quantity that may be required."
Inflated: How Money and Debt Built the American Dream
Recorded at The Mises Circle in Manhattan, on May 22nd, 2010.
Keynes Was a Keynesian
"Keynes argues as if the government — or rather, 'forces outside the classical scheme of thought' — could control the volume without affecting any other aspect of the market economy. What sort of powers would government have to wield to be able to exert such a force?"
Inflation Destroys Savings
"The only possible solution to the inflation problem is an open opposition to the unions and to the idea that higher money wages are the only means for improving the condition of the masses."
White contra Mises on Fiduciary Media
"Mises's desideratum was thus not a 'neutral' money, or even a practical approximation of it; rather, it was the complete elimination of 'human influence' on the purchasing power of money."
A Greek Tragedy in the Making
"Make no mistake, this supposed 'containment' boondoggle was yet another bailout of the world's largest banks. A majority of the PIIGS's debt is held by large French and German banks."
Fiat Money as an Administrative Good
"Governmental taxation provides one mean by which fiat money could come into existence."
