A late one for the weekend: Money From Nothing
The Internet is becoming a real problem for the world’s propagators of printed paper money, because from its modern western invention in Massachusetts, in…
Read MoreMarch, 2011
TCC ideas go down well with 100 YBF youngsters
A couple of days ago I was delighted to address 100 students and youngsters involved with the Young Britons Foundation. Led by Donal Blaney,…
Read MoreAudio: Eliminating Monetary Externalities
The Mises Institute has released a recording of the Murray N. Rothbard Memorial Lecture, recorded on Thursday in Auburn, Alabama, at their Austrian Scholars…
Read MoreFederal Reserve Accounting and Its Solvency
A good article from Jeffrey Rogers Hummel at George Mason’s History News Network: The Federal Reserve’s H.4.1 Release for January 6, 2011, announced an…
Read MoreLyndon Johnson’s “Great Society”: A Free Market Critique
The following talk was delivered at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City on March 7, 2011, as a lecture in…
Read MoreAdam Smith Reveals His (Invisible) Hand!
Today is the anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s most famous work, ”The Wealth of Nations” (March 9, 1776). To celebrate this important day,…
Read MoreAt the ASI: Mervyn King and narrow banking
Via Tom Clougherty at the Adam Smith Institute, Mervyn King and narrow banking: Ultimately, the problem with modern banks is that they do not operate…
Read MoreMoney supply versus money demand
According to popular thinking, not every increase in the supply of money will have an effect on the production of goods. For instance, if…
Read MoreWilliam J. H. Boetcker’s Ten Cannots
It has become fashionable for our politicians to give us lists and pledges about things they will do or will not do to improve…
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Gold bug heaven on King World News
With the price of gold crashing through record highs most days of the week at the moment, I should imagine most gold bugs are…
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