From the session on “’America’s Great Depression’ 50th Anniversary,” presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 22 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn,
Recorded during the Authors’ Forum at the 2014 Austrian Economics Research Conference, William Butos discusses his forthcoming book: The Political Economy of Government and Research
Volume 4, No. 3 (Fall 2001) Garrison brings analytical distinctions between Austrian, Keynesian, and monetarist monetary-economics into sharp relief. This alone makes Time and Money a highly attractive alternative to advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level macro texts, but it is the underlying conceptual acuity and explanatory insights in
Volume 9, No. 4 (Winter 2006) Austrians frequently lament the absence of an Austrian undergraduate money-macro curriculum, especially at the intermediate level. This is ironic in that a large body of work currently exists, both from “the masters” and more recent researchers that provides the essential theoretical underpinnings and historical
During the past decade a significant change has occurred in the kinds of questions explored by monetary economists. Heretofore, one of the central issues concerned the “rules versus discretion” debate of a central bank empowered monopolistically to supply base money. However, with the publication of studies by Klein (1974), Thompson (1974), and
Volume 15, No. 3 (Fall 2012) An adaptive systems approach is used to compare a free banking system and a central banking regime with respect to their respective capacities to use and generate relevant knowledge. Monetary equilibrium, as a byproduct of a free banking system, has also been proposed as a norm for central bank policy. Differences in
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