Money and Banks

While some governments have sought to wage war against cryptocurrencies, Switzerland is striving to become a "crypto-nation." 

Inflation not only debases currency, but damages the family institution, eroding the quantity and quality of marriages while creating distortions in the decision-making processes of those hoping to establish families.

Abenomics, Japanese Keynesianism on steroids, has made the rich richer, and all others poorer. 

Presented at Jekyll Island, Georgia, in September 1986.

Presented at Jekyll Island, Georgia, in September 1986.

In his new book The Bitcoin Standard, Saifedean Ammous displays a fine understanding of money, and also a good grasp of how currencies like Bitcoin could revolutionize the government-dominated banking sector.

Economic growth comes from the accumulation of real wealth — which is necessary to produce more goods and services.

Politicians, who claim that a week in politics is the long term, fail to see any problem.

A return to a system of 100% bank reserves is anything but radical. It would be quite conservative, prudent, and sensible.

Central bankers are claiming that a global savings glut is driving down the "natural" interest rate to negative levels. They're wrong.