Murphy vs. Weisenthal on Currency Debasement

Tags: Price Controls

01/25/2022 Robert P. Murphy

Bob critiques a Guardian article from an economist favoring price controls, and explains his argument with Joe Weisenthal about the social benefit of saving actual cash.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

Dr. Keith Smith (of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma) contact page.
The Guardian article advocating price controls.
Murphy Mises.org critique of Weisenthal.
Murphy article on the 1920-21 depression.
Mises essay calling inflationary war finance “undemocratic.”
BMS series on Bohm-Bawerk (1, 2, and 3).

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