Rules, Discretion, or No Central Bank
Recent discussions in the econ blog world on whether the Fed keeping interest rates too low for too long from 2003-2005 was a significant factor in
Money and Banks
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The Government and the Currency
In many countries the emergence of the gold standard was effected by the operation of Gresham's law.
Barter in Prehistoric Times
The history of primitive peoples shows that the desire to trade and barter is a universal human characteristic.
How the Private Bankers Are Using the Financial Crisis to Reshape World Government
Recorded in Houston, Texas, on 14 January 2012.
Mises on Money
Before Austrian economics came on the scene, monetary theory was a hodge-podge of disjointed insights. Nobody knew how to integrate those insights into a system, much less how to integrate monetary theory with the rest of economics. Carl Menger...
A Case for Free-Market Bank Regulation
Banks couldn't collude on behalf of debit-card fees, even if they so wanted, because they're more interested in retaining current customers and attracting new ones from institutions that assess unpopular charges.
Rotten from the Start: The Inherent Corruption of Central Banking in America
Presented by Tom DiLorenzo at the Mises Circle in New Orleans, 5 November 2011.
Inflation’s Winners and Losers
Presented by Doug French at the Mises Circle in New Orleans, 5 November 2011.
