Digitizing Money Inflation Changes Nothing
Any student of money and banking recognizes the sophistry in saying that "the Fed does not pay with paper money."
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Ideas and the Culpability for Violence
Governments can perpetuate violence in war and against the civilian population every day, but when a private person does the same for political reasons, a struggle ensues to see which line of thinking will pay what price.
Contra Conventional Measures of the Growth of Government
Transfer spending is the Godzilla that threatens to consume New York, Tokyo, Berlin, and nearly every other city on the planet.
Chairman Bernanke, Is Gold Money?
Gold money would put an end to — or at least expose — the thefts and power grabs perpetrated by the government.
Why Do Students Regard Reading as Torture?
Why did I feel as if I were teaching junior-high-school students in university, and why did nobody in authority seem to care?
Greenspan’s Fatal Conceit
There was no "irrational exuberance"; the exuberance was completely rational given the price signals at the time.
Debtor Nation
No, the bill can't be paid and won't be paid. That much should be obvious. But denying the obvious is a mental trait built into the structure of the system. The economic crisis of 2008 was really just the realization that the consumer-debt load at the time was unsustainable.
The Economics of Big Cities
Thinking through the economics of big cities sheds light on general principles of free markets.
Hutt’s Crushing Blow to Keynes
Hutt’s work in The Theory of Idle Resources is truly timeless, and being timeless, it is just as fresh and relevant today as when first published in 1939.
