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Doug French

Tags Booms and BustsMoney and Banks

Works Published inSpeeches and PresentationsMises Daily ArticleQuarterly Journal of Austrian EconomicsThe Free Market

Douglas French is President Emeritus of the Mises Institute, author of Early Speculative Bubbles & Increases in the Money Supply, and author of Walk Away: The Rise and Fall of the Home-Ownership Myth. He received his master's degree in economics from UNLV, studying under both Professor Murray Rothbard and Professor Hans-Hermann Hoppe. His website is DouglasInVegas.com.

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Can Fractional Reserve Banking Survive the Twenty-First Century?

Bureaucracy and RegulationMoney and BanksU.S. Economy

Blog07/24/2023

Banker and financial expert Caitlin Long believes that fractional reserve banking is closer than ever to collapse, and she has a 100 percent reserve banking solution in progress.

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Medicare in a Pickle, But Pickleball Will Not Put it Under

Healthcare
07/22/2023Power & Market

That annoying clicking sound you hear from your nearby pickleball courts is not just the paddles hitting the plastic balls. It’s twisting knees and cracking hips. A report from UBS, reported in the Financial Times...

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Powerball Play Down: Players Too Bored or Too Broke

US Economy
07/19/2023Power & Market

It seems Powerball has lost its zip. The Wall Street Journal reports, “There were $152 million in nationwide sales for Saturday’s $829 million jackpot—a 25% decline...

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Audio Mises Wire

The Backstops for Banks Are Full of Holes

Monetary PolicyMoney and BanksU.S. Economy

07/18/2023Mises Media
The FHLB is the latest "weapon" in the government's so-called arsenal to keep the banking system afloat.
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Hotelier Checking Out

Money and Banking
07/15/2023Power & Market

While the jobs report came in less than hot, Reuters still described the labor market as “still-tight” on the first Friday of July. Fed Chair Jerome Powell and the other experts in charge...

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