Bernanke Talks, Markets Wobble. There Must Be a Better Way

Bernanke Talks, Markets Wobble. There Must Be a Better Way

Rep. Kevin Brady’s Centennial Monetary Commission initiative might point toward a useful policy...
What Happens when Uncle Sam’s Sugar Daddy Runs out of Canes?

What Happens when Uncle Sam’s Sugar Daddy Runs out of Canes?

The Wall Street Journal’s Real Time Economics Blog recently reported that, according to new CBO projections,...
Money in Bad Faith

Money in Bad Faith

The depredations of the Fed. by Judy Shelton The Federal Reserve is not your friend. Whether you reside...
Roads to Sound Money

Roads to Sound Money

The Sound Money Project of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation is proud to announce the release of...

Salerno and Selgin on Deflation–and Quantitative Easing

Audio-Video, Resources — June 4, 2013 at 1:26 PM
By Joseph Salerno In an interview on CNBC’s European Closing Bell show, George Selgin presents an eloquent and compelling defense of deflation that is caused by increasing productivity in the economy. He refers to this as “good deflation.” Indeed, Selgin argues that such deflation is “desirable,” because any attempt by the Fed to offset it by monetary expansion will create asset bubbles. Unfortunately,...

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Salerno and Selgin on Deflation–and Quantitative Easing

Salerno and Selgin on Deflation–and Quantitative Easing
By Joseph Salerno In an interview on CNBC’s European Closing Bell show, George Selgin presents an eloquent and compelling defense of deflation that is caused by increasing productivity in the economy. He refers to this as “good deflation.” Indeed, Selgin argues that such deflation is “desirable,”...
June 4th, 2013 | Audio-Video, Resources | Read More

The Federal Reserve vs. Small Business

The Federal Reserve vs. Small Business
By Steve H. Hanke Given all the attention that the Federal Reserve has garnered for its monetary “stimulus” programs, it’s perplexing to many that the U.S. has been mired in a credit crunch. After all, conventional wisdom tells us that the Fed’s policies, which have lowered interest rates to...
June 4th, 2013 | Popular Articles, Resources | Read More

Bernanke Talks, Markets Wobble. There Must Be a Better Way

Bernanke Talks, Markets Wobble. There Must Be a Better Way
Rep. Kevin Brady’s Centennial Monetary Commission initiative might point toward a useful policy overhaul. By JUDY SHELTON Since Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before Congress’s Joint Economic Committee Wednesday morning, commenting on the economic outlook and responding...
May 28th, 2013 | Commentary, Featured | Read More

Hot Money, Cold Credit

Hot Money, Cold Credit
By  Steve H. Hanke This article appeared in the June 2013 issue of Globe Asia.   Money matters — it’s a maxim of Prof. Milton Friedman that I repeat often in my columns. Since the Northern Rock bank run of 2007 — the “opening shot” of the financial crisis — the money...
May 23rd, 2013 | Popular Articles, Resources | Read More

The Devolution of the Dollar

The Devolution of the Dollar
From the Cato Policy Report: For more than 100 years, from roughly 1800 to 1912, the purchasing power value of the dollar under the gold-and-silver standard was essentially constant. With the creation of the Federal Reserve and its discretionary policies of the last century, however, the dollar’s...
May 22nd, 2013 | Books, History of Money, Money Timeline, Resources | Read More