Kristoffer Mousten Hansen

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Kristoffer Mousten Hansen is a Mises Institute Fellow and research assistant at the Institute for Economic Policy at Leipzig University. He specializes in monetary policy with published articles in the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics. Kristoffer received his PhD from the University of Angers and is a former Mises Institute summer research fellow.

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What Is Inflation? Clarifying and Justifying Rothbard’s Definition

Money and Banking

08/31/2023Power & MarketKristoffer Mousten HansenJonathan Newman

Abstract: Austrian economists have debated issues of monetary theory and inflation extensively, but there is still no agreement on the definition of inflation. Mises (1953, 240) defined inflation as an increase in the supply of money not offset by an increase in the demand for...

Is the Fed Trying to Bail Out the World? Sure Looks Like It

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04/04/2023Mises MediaKristoffer Mousten Hansen

Like the arsonist who then heroically fights the fire he set, the Fed is increasing its efforts to bail out banks both at home and abroad. This does not end well.

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Is the Fed Trying to Bail Out the World? Sure Looks Like It

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Blog03/28/2023Kristoffer Mousten Hansen

Like the arsonist who then heroically fights the fire he set, the Fed is increasing its efforts to bail out banks both at home and abroad. This does not end well.

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About That Nobel: Deconstructing Banking Theories of Diamond and Dybvig

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Blog10/29/2022Kristoffer Mousten Hansen

While much attention has been directed toward Ben Bernanke's Nobel, the banking theories of Nobel winners Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig also need a second look.

A Critique of the Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow Model

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10/22/2022Mises MediaKristoffer Mousten HansenKarras Lambert

While Bitcoin's S2F Model has come under some criticism, the best analysis of its flaws comes from perspective of Austrian economics.

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