Monetary Policy

Commodity money isn't a government creation, as so many believe. It has a definite praxeological foundation.

For all of the talk about "our democracy," there is a better way to protect the lives and property of people than just electing politicians. It is called sound money.

Commodity money isn't a government creation, as so many believe. It has a definite praxeological foundation.

Joseph Solis-Mullen reviews Lev Menand's new book that, as Solis-Mullen says, "confirms everything Austrians have been saying all along."

Brendan Brown reviews Ben Bernanke's optimistic case for monetary policy, in which the former chairman apparently forgot nothing and learned nothing.

When the Nixon administration ended the dollar's ties to gold, it was yet another sad chapter in the US government's abuse of its currency. And the government learned nothing.

For all of the talk about "our democracy," there is a better way to protect the lives and property of people than just electing politicians. It is called sound money.

Development economists often confuse natural resources with wealth and then are puzzled when countries rich in resources experience widespread poverty. Free markets lead to creation of wealth, period.

When the Nixon administration ended the dollar's ties to gold, it was yet another sad chapter in the US government's abuse of its currency. And the government learned nothing.

Development economists often confuse natural resources with wealth and then are puzzled when countries rich in resources experience widespread poverty. Free markets lead to creation of wealth, period.