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Is inflation about increases in prices?
By Dr Frank Shostak The recent large increases in the growth rate of the US consumer price index (CPI) has fueled concerns that if…
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Inflation Is a Dangerous Way to Get Rid of Debt Burdens
Suppose you lent someone $100, and when they paid you back they only handed you, say, $99 or $80. Would you consider the borrower…
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Annual Austrian School Conference at Austrian Central Bank in Vienna
This is a great conference, I gave a speech there in 2019 and will be giving another this year. It’s very special to give…
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Emotions versus reason in economics
By Dr Frank Shostak According to a relatively new field of economics called Behavioural Economics (BE), emotions play an important role in an individual’s…
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Market Hits All-Time Highs As Money Flows Peak
Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Over the last few week’s we discussed the ongoing “buy signals” suggesting the market could retest all-time highs. That occurred…
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Will China’s Digital Currency Be the Next Big Global Financial Technology?
What if money could instantly and directly reach the people who use it? No banks, no delays, and no fees. People could send each…
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Artificial Intelligence Guide for Policy-Makers Part 2
The Cobden Centre has worked on emerging technologies around the world. This has included organising the Future of Artificial intelligence Roundtable discussions in the…
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The Abuse of Public Debt—and How It Sets the Stage for Economic Disaster
The 2020–21 recession has been devastating for the global economy. It has been ninety years since the global economy last suffered through a recession of this magnitude (in…
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How increases in money supply cause economic bust
By Dr Frank Shostak The increase in the growth rate of the consumer price index (CPI) has fueled concerns that if the rising trend…
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First In, First Out – China as a Leading Indicator
China was the first country to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic The PBoC began tightening monetary conditions in May 2020 Chinese housing and stocks…
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Profits not risk drive entrepreneurs
By Dr Frank Shostak According to Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), financial asset prices fully reflect all available and relevant information, and that any adjustment…
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The ECB’s new rush toward the digital euro
by Prof. Elisabeth Krecke In the coming weeks, the European Central Bank (ECB) will announce whether it will issue a “digital euro” within the next…
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Monetary Inflation’s Game of Hide-and-Seek
The May 12, 2021, press release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of April sent the…
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Latest Articles on Economics
Is inflation about increases in prices?
By Dr Frank Shostak The recent large increases in the growth rate of the US consumer price index (CPI) has fueled concerns that if…
Inflation Is a Dangerous Way to Get Rid of Debt Burdens
Suppose you lent someone $100, and when they paid you back they only handed you, say, $99 or $80. Would you consider the borrower…
Annual Austrian School Conference at Austrian Central Bank in Vienna
This is a great conference, I gave a speech there in 2019 and will be giving another this year. It’s very special to give…
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Why We Need a Free Market in Money
What is fiat money and what does it do? This is essential to understand since today’s worldwide unbacked paper, or “fiat,” money regime is an…
Central Banks and the Problem with Playing God
Today’s Western institutions have long been deemed to be sacrosanct. As a matter of fact, though, nation-states are increasingly met with reservation or even…
Treascomm: Steve Baker, Mark Carney and the Future of the Monetary System
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