Money and Banks

The key factor behind the rate-of-exchange determination is the relative purchasing power of various monies.

In this 18-minute talk, Malavika Nair presents the basics on what money is, its origins, and why it is so central to a modern economy.

Some inequality arises naturally from freedom of choice. Some comes from government meddling. One is good and the other is bad. …

The Fed's policies over the past decade have resulted in a rapidly widening wealth and income inequality.

The traditional interpretation of the effects of Andrew Jackson's opposition to the central bank suffers from faulty economy theory.

All the sophisticated quantitative methods by themselves can't help us understand the cause-and-effect of what's behind the boom-and-bust cycle.    

China’s stealth devaluation is not making the country more competitive, it is making household and corporate debt riskier as the purchasing power of the yuan is diminished.

In its blind search for the "correct" interest-rate policy, the Fed can't succeed in extending the boom indefinitely.

A strong GDP growth rate, in most cases, is likely to be associated with the intensive squandering of the pool of real wealth.

Expansions in credit and investment are only a problem when they result from inflationary monetary policy, and not from real saving.