What I Learned from my Grandfather about Money
The author recalls the 1922 peace dollar his grandfather gave him sixty years ago. Real money.
Monetary Policy
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Do “Technology Shocks” Create the Boom-Bust Cycles?
The 2004 Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to two economists for their claim that "technology shocks" cause boom-bust cycles. They have it wrong.
Can the Dollar Once Again Be Anchored by Gold? One Congressman Believes It Can
The Gold Standard Restoration Act seeks to once again tie the US dollar to gold.
Can the Dollar Once Again Be Anchored by Gold? One Congressman Believes It Can
The Gold Standard Restoration Act seeks to once again tie the US dollar to gold.
Bernanke’s Sordid Nobel Prize
Bob and Jeff discuss the nauseating elevation of former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke to Nobel Prize winner.
America’s Experiment in Zero-Gravity Finance
Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 6th, 2022.
Inflation, High Inflation, Hyperinflation
Hyperinflation? Yes, it can happen here, and the more officials deny hyperinflation is possible, the more they create the conditions that causes it.
Cryptocurrency as Money—Store of Value or Medium of Exchange?
Standard neoclassical definitions of money call it a means of exchange and a store of value. But is this correct?
Toby Baxendale on the Coming Financial Repression
Toby Baxendale joins Bob to discuss the tools central banks and governments will use to enact "financial repression."
The Velocity of Money Circulation Is Another Economic Myth
Anyone who has taken a Keynesian-based macroeconomics course remembers the equation of exchange: MV = PY. This equation, however, is buried in fallacious economic thinking.
