Money and Banks

Jeff Deist and Stephan Livera discuss money in an era of crazed monetary policy.

The US private sector badly needs to de-politicize itself. Also: more government regulation isn't the answer.

A slowing in the growth of the money supply is only a problem when that money is created "out of thin air."

We think the state is taking only our money, but it is also taking our time.

The destruction of sound money over the past century stems from actions at the federal level, but there are steps which states can take — and even have already taken — to move toward sound money.

Markets respond with price changes to eliminate money surpluses and money deficits.

The biggest “success” of the ECB has been the massive bailout of governments at the expense of savers.

M1 and the monetary base are almost equal at this time, but this is unprecedented in modern monetary history, as usually the monetary base is a fraction of M1.

Not surprisingly, policies adopted by central bankers often serve the interests of the central banks themselves.

Our inflationary financial system benefits the wealthy at the expense of the poor.