How We Should Name Business Cycles
Economists have long played semantic games with how they name business cycles. This is how they should do it.
Money and Banking
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Mises-Influenced MP Becomes Brexit Minister
Hopefully Steve Baker will prove to be a great asset for the UK in its divorce from Jean-Claude Juncker and the bureaucracy in Brussels.
Jeff Deist Joins Power Trading Radio to Discuss the Economy
Jeff joins John O'Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld to discuss the health of the US economy.
The Fed’s Dangerous View of History
Economics has shown the alleged blessings of an abundance of money are the outcome of crass errors in reasoning.
Gold vs. Fluctuating Fiat Exchange Rates
Without gold, without an international money, the world is destined to stumble into one accelerated monetary crisis after another.
Deflation, Easy Money, and the Boom-Bust Cycle
When money is made "out of thin air," we see economic busts go hand-in-hand with price deflation. This is not the case with sound money.
The Cultural Consequences of the Federal Reserve
Our inflation and debt-based system encourages our society to adopt a short-term perspective.
Changes in the Money Supply Don’t Cause Business Cycles
Business cycles do not result from mere fluctuations in the money supply. What is needed is that the changes occur with money made "out of thin air."
How Long Can the Fed Keep the Boom Going?
Given current bond and stock market valuations, investors seem to be fairly confident that the Fed will succeed in keeping the boom going.
How Washington’s Reaction to Trump’s Budget Justifies the Rise of Bitcoin
As politicians prove to be unable to confront economic reality, it’s easy to see how crypto-currencies are becoming increasingly attractive.
