Money and Banking

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The Corrupt Origins of Central Banking

Tags: Interventionism, Money and Banking, U.S. History

12/04/2017 Thomas J. DiLorenzo

The main objective of the Nationalists, who were also known as Federalists, was essentially to establish an American version of the British mercantilist system, the very system that the Revolution had been fought against.

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I Have Doubts About Bitcoin

Tags: Money and Banking, Money and Banks

12/02/2017 Joakim Book

The quantity of money is certainly important. But so is its quality.

More on Interest Rates and Time Preference

Tags: Money and Banking, Money and Banks

12/02/2017 Frank Shostak

Currently observed negative yields on some European corporate bonds supposedly runs contrary to the positive time preference theory. How can this be?

What Gives Cryptocurrencies Their Value

Tags: Money and Banking, Money and Banks

12/01/2017 Peter St. Onge

The value of cryptocurrencies comes fundamentally from what you can do with them.

The Digital Revolution Has Empowered Central Banks

Tags: Money and Banking, Money and Banks

11/23/2017 Brendan Brown

All the hype cannot hide the fact that this digital revolution has not delivered the increase in prosperity of previous technological revolutions.

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Are Markets Really as Calm as they Seem?

Tags: Money and Banking, Booms and Busts

11/21/2017 Thorsten Polleit

Given its track record, there is little reason to expect that the Fed won’t mess things up this time.

Why Are People Buying Bonds with Negative Yields?

Tags: Money and Banking, Money and Banks

11/21/2017 Douglas French

Is this really negative time preference or a central bank induced crack-up bond boom?

Venezuela’s Default Disaster

Tags: Money and Banking, Global Economy, Money and Banks

11/20/2017 Daniel Lacalle

In the end, the socialist promise of free money is very expensive for all. Let’s learn the lesson.

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We’re Living in the Age of Capital Consumption

Tags: Money and Banking, Money and Banks

11/18/2017 Ronald-Peter Stöferle

It remains to be seen how much longer this can continue. Once the stock of capital is depleted, the rude awakening will be unpleasant indeed.

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Cradles of Capitalism: the City-States of Greece and Italy

Tags: Entrepreneurship, Money and Banking, World History

11/14/2017 Marcia Christoff-Kurapovna

Ancient and Renaissance city-states were some of the greatest incubators of economic and entrepreneurial activity.

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