Money versus Monetary Policy
With all due respect to Niall Ferguson, whom I’ve heard of, and Huw van Steenis, whom I’ve not, this tweet is quite preposterous. I’ve personally met more than five people who understand money just in my own circles.
The Government Seeks Totalitarian Money
The Global Currency Plot: How the Deep State Will Betray Your Freedom, and How to Prevent It
by Thorsten Polleit
Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2023; 190 pp.
Thorsten Polleit’s outstanding new book is packed with insights about both the philosophy of economics and economic policy, and as he shows, his philosophical standpoint enables him to grasp the essence of the financial world, of which he is a master.
The Power of Woke: How Leftist Ideology Is Undermining Our Society and Economy
“It’s an important part of society whether you like it or not,” lexicologist Tony Thorne, referring to “wokeness,” told The New Yorker’s David Remnick in January. That’s an understatement.
2. What We Know for a Fact: Humans Act
Like logic and mathematics, praxeological knowledge is in us; it does not come from without.
— LUDWIG VON MISES
Part 1
1. Concerning Right Thinking: Logic
Logic is the anatomy of thought.
— JOHN LOCKE
Summary
Introduction
Democratic socialism—the ideology that dominates the world today—aspires to become a world state. The route toward it requires a single world currency to be created. That would undoubtedly create a dystopia. Might this become a reality? And if so, how can it be averted? This book aims to find answers to these questions.
PART 1
Introduction
Every action is right which in itself, or in the maxim on which it proceeds, is such that it can coexist along with the freedom of the will of each and all in action, according to a universal law.1
— IMMANUEL KANT
