Money and Banks

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 24 July 2015.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 23 July 2015.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 22 July 2015.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 21 July 2015.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 21 July 2015.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 21 July 2015.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 21 July 2015.

The Fed often uses the "natural rate" of unemployment to determine whether or not it should raise interest rates. But as with so many metrics the Fed uses, this one is based on arbitrary measures that can be manipulated to suit Fed policy.

Has the ECB failed as miserably in creating price stability?

Debt isn't the only problem Greece faces. Thanks to years of government spending and easy money, the Greek economy long ago turned away from true wealth generating activities and embraced a bubble economy instead.