Money and Banking

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Daniel Lacalle

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.

Mark Thornton

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.

Murray N. Rothbard

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. 

Thomas Paine

"Most of the advocates for tender laws are those who have debts to discharge, and who take refuge in such a law, to violate their contracts and cheat their creditors."

Paul H. Kupiec Alex J. Pollock

The Fed is losing a lot of money. The Fed's  stated plan is to monetize these losses and still report a positive capital and surplus position through the use of “creative accounting.”

Ryan McMaken

When asked to quantify how a 75-point hike is better than a 50-point one, Powell had no answer. And will it work? Powell could only say "we'll know when we get there."

Thorsten Polleit

Digitization will undoubtedly bring great improvements and new opportunities for peoples’ lives. But digitization also has a downside.

Antony P. Mueller

It is the fiat monetary system itself, not deflation, that helps create the unstable conditions that lead to financial crises.