History is Clear, Central Banks Fail to Assure Economic Stability
It is unfortunate that a scholar as careful as Robert Skidelsky has chosen to downplay the historical reality of the failure of central banking.
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Central Banks Haven’t Always Been Quite as Bad as They Are Now
Restrained by both ideology and public sentiment, central banks were once kept from the sort of antics they now regularly indulge in.
Conceived in Disgrace: The 350th Anniversary of the Creation of the Bank of Sweden
Today the world's oldest central bank turns 350. In a just world, this anniversary would instead be an opportunity to end this monstrous experiment.
Will the American Economy Survive in 2018?
Patrick Byrne on blockchain technology as a revolutionary force.
Saving — not Spending — Is the Engine of Economic Growth
To build wealth, we must first build capital and greater productivity. And that depends on savings.
The Money We Need
Can we decouple money from government control, and make us all wealthier and more stable in the process?
Using Blockchain to Fix Money and Capital Markets
Caitlin Long discusses the blockchain's disruptive influence on our existing notions of money and wealth.
Problems With the Market Monetarist Approach to “Explaining” the Economy
Scott Sumner's Market Monetarist framework is seductively simple, but relies on a definitional trick.
Gold Should be Viewed as Money — Not as an Investment Instrument
This timeless insight was already suggested by economist Ludwig von Mises in 1940.
7 Reasons Why European Banks Are in Trouble
When interest rates increase in the future, busts and losses for banks will follow.
