Don’t Believe Government About Price Inflation
[Editor’s note, this piece, by Richard Ebeling, is from EpicTimes] It is an old adage that there are lies, damn lies and then there are…
Read MoreSeptember, 2014
Weak Labour Markets and Repo Market Disruptions
Central Banking Low interest rates contribute to weak labour markets In the latter part of August, the cream of the world’s central bankers convened…
Read MoreBöhm-Bawerk: Austrian Economist Who Said “No” to Big Government
[Editor’s note: this piece, by Richard M. Ebeling, was originally published at EpicTimes] We live at a time when politicians and bureaucrats only know one…
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Currency turbulence
You’d think that the US dollar has suddenly become strong, and the chart below of the other three major currencies confirms it. The US…
Read MoreA difficult question
In a radio interview recently* I was asked a question to which I could not easily give a satisfactory reply: if the gold market…
Read MoreAustrians, Fractional Reserves, and the Money Multiplier
[Editor’s note: this article, by Robert Batemarco, first appeared at Mises.org] John Tamny recently wrote a piece at Forbes titled, “The Closing of the Austrian…
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Rethinking Japan’s “Lost Decades”
[This article, by Peter St. Onge, first appeared at mises.org] One of the great economic myths of our time is Japan’s “lost decades.”…
Read MoreAs Germany loses battle for ECB, QE goes global
What is Super Mario up to? First, he gave an unexpectedly dovish speech at the Jackson Hole conference, rather ungallantly upstaging the host, Ms…
Read MoreOur obsession with monetary stimulus will end in disaster
The following is a commentary I wrote for The Forum section of London business-paper City A.M. The link is here. It is now six…
Read MoreBank Run Incentive, Central Bank Bankruptcy, and The Fallacy of the Credit Theory of Money
[Editor’s Note: this is from the World Dollar Foundation, and can be found here] Part 1: The Bank Run Incentive There is an incentive…
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