Free Markets Do Not Need Negative Interest Rates
Central banks and their defenders would have us believe negative interest rates are necessary to stimulate demand. They're wrong.
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Is Trump a Bigger Threat to Wall Street than Sanders?
A challenge to the monetary policy status quo is a much bigger threat to Wall Street than anything Sanders has proposed.
Abolishing the 500-Euro Note: Fighting or Facilitating Crime?
Citing grave concerns that "this banknote could facilitate illicit activities," those desperate inflationists intrepid crime fighters at the ECB will cease production of the 500-euro note.
Central Bank Roundup: More Rates Moving Toward Zero
More central banks are moving key interest rates to where they've never been seen before.
Why Aren’t Female Soccer Players Paid More?
If Comedy Central thinks women's soccer players should be paid more, they need to convince people that its more fun to watch women's soccer.
Newman, Salerno Join the Tom Woods Show
Following his article last week on ABCT and the Great Depression, Jonathan Newman, along with Joseph Salerno, joins the Tom Woods Show.
Growth Trends Measured by GDP and Gross Output
Based on the growth rate of the money supply, the yearly growth rate of gross output is unlikely to display spectacular performance in the months ahead.
Keynes’s Critique of Econometrics Is Surprisingly Good
Unexpectedly, John Maynard Keynes's critique of economist Jan Tinbergen's econometrics offers some sound insights.
Gross Calls for Helicopter Money
Legendary investor Bill Gross calls on the Fed to bring on Milton Friedman's "helicopter money."
How Taxation Kills Entrepreneurship
With an excessive height of the income and estate tax rates for the very rich, a capitalist may consider it the most advisable thing to keep all his funds in cash or in bank balances not bearing any interest.
