Father Time versus Central Bankers
Only Father Time helps us cut through the policy nonsense and understand interest rates conceptually.
Money and Banking
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And So It Begins: Digital Currency Becomes Possible in our Future
While monetary authorities and progressives would like to have a digital currency implemented, it is a backward step for monetary freedom.
Digital Currency: The Fed Moves toward Monetary Totalitarianism
One hardly can imagine a better tool of social control than a digital currency. Not surprisingly, U.S. monetary authorities are moving in that direction.
Will Global Rate Hikes Set Off a Global Debt Bomb?
All of the excess of unproductive debt issued during the period of complacency will exacerbate the problem in 2023 and 2024.
Will the FTX Scandal Bring Down “Crypto”?
Jeff and Bob discuss whether the FTX scandal will be used to justify new "crypto" regulations or even the creation of a central bank digital currency.
About That Nobel: Deconstructing Banking Theories of Diamond and Dybvig
While much attention has been directed toward Ben Bernanke's Nobel, the banking theories of Nobel winners Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig also need a second look.
The Bank of England Made Liz Truss a Scapegoat
The only lesson for the United Kingdom is to remember that if you follow Greece’s economic policies, you get Greek debt, unemployment, and growth.
Ben Bernanke’s Nobel Prize: The Committee Rewards an Arsonist for Claiming to Fight the Fire He Started
Former Fed chairman Ben Bernanke and two other economists have received the Nobel in economics this year. Their work on banking is weak on causality and fails to recognize the damage done by the central bank.
Money: Its Importance, Origins, and Operations
Murray Rothbard explains money in his book The Mystery of Banking. The purchasing power of the dollar varies inversely with the supply of dollars, and directly with the demand.
