Most people—and especially most economists—not only are ignorant of what money actually is, but how and why it became part of our economy in the first place.
During February 2022, year-over-year (YOY) growth in the money supply was at 7.1 percent. That's up from January's rate of 6.8 percent, and down from the February 2021 rate of 39.1 percent. Growth peaked in February 2021.
There are only two ways human cooperation occurs: through voluntary means or through coercion. The free market stands for voluntary cooperation; coercion and violence are the means of the state.
Standard beliefs say that government protects our natural environment while the market system destroys it. Economic analysis gives a much different perspective.
