Paul-Martin Foss

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Trump Shows Us Why Its So Hard to “Drain the Swamp”

01/30/2018 Mises Wire Paul-Martin Foss

A year after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, analysts and commentators are assessing both his performance in the first year of his presidency as well as the outlook for the remainder of his...

Top Five Monetary Policy Issues To Watch In 2017

01/09/2017 Mises Wire Paul-Martin Foss

With a new year come new opportunities as well as new issues to take into consideration. Here are the five most important issues to keep an eye on in 2017. 1. Trump Presidency The most important issue...

What the Federal Reserve Will Do Today

12/13/2016 Mises Wire Paul-Martin Foss

Just about everyone expects the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to raise its target interest rate at its meeting this week. The talk of raising rates has occupied newspaper columns all year, and...

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Paul-Martin Foss: The Bizarre World of Negative Interest Rates

02/19/2016 Paul-Martin Foss Jeff Deist

Paul-Martin Foss explains how Mises and Rothbard understood the function of interest rates, as opposed to how central bankers use interest rates as a tool to stimulate aggregate demand.

The Continuing Demonization of Cash

02/18/2016 Paul-Martin Foss

The public has been successfully conditioned to view the use of cash as something suspicious. Meanwhile, thanks to growing pressure from government, private business now often considers cash to be more trouble than it's worth, writes Paul-Martin Foss.

Paul-Martin Foss: From Ron Paul’s Office to the Carl Menger Center

03/27/2015 Jeff Deist Paul-Martin Foss

Jeff Deist and Paul-Martin Foss discuss we should end the Fed.

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