Judy Shelton’s Lasting Legacies
While her record is hardly perfect, Judy Shelton has been a rarity among monetary economists: an advocate for gold and sound money.
Monetary Policy
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How Does Money in Our Possession Acquire Value?
Mainstream economists claim money has purchasing power because the government issuing the money has so declared. That makes no sense.
No, Corporate Profits Don’t Cause Inflation
Progressives are claiming that corporate profits are one of the causes of inflation. However, if inflation increases consumer prices, it also causes production costs to rise. That is not a recipe for profitability.
How Does Money in Our Possession Acquire Value?
Mainstream economists claim money has purchasing power because the government issuing the money has so declared. That makes no sense.
Fixing FDR’s Biggest Blunder: From Gold Standard to Fiat Folly and Back
On this day ninety-one years ago President Franklin D. Roosevelt via executive order seized gold legally held by Americans, criminalizing the use of sound money. Our economy and our nation has never recovered from this act.
Nebraska Ends Income Taxes on Gold and Silver, Declares CBDC’s Are Not Lawful Money
With Gov. Jim Pillen’s recent signature, Nebraska has become the 12th state to end capital gains taxes on sales of gold and silver.
It’s the PPI Once More!
Remember when inflation was “transitory”? Or when Paul Krugman claimed inflation was “under control”? The numbers keep telling us a different story.
Fiat Money is the Greatest Danger Our Economy Faces
In nature everything has a cycle. Birth, growth, maturation, death. Everything, including the planets and stars. Nothing stays the same.
Kentucky Becomes 45th State to End Sales Taxes on Gold and Silver
(Frankfort, Kentucky) -- In a high-stakes showdown with Gov.
