Jim Rickards: Perpetual Quantitative Easing
byYou might remember a couple of months ago that Jim Rickards came up with the intriguing theory that the Federal Reserve in the United…
Is there a place for experimental economics?
byEconomists have always been envious of the practitioners of the natural and exact sciences. They have thought that introducing the methods of natural sciences…
Monetarists’ blind spot on quantitative easing
byMy latest article for the IEA: The Austrian school agrees that monetary policy errors were the cause of the recession, but believes that these…
A late one for the weekend: Money From Nothing
byThe Internet is becoming a real problem for the world’s propagators of printed paper money, because from its modern western invention in Massachusetts, in…
TCC ideas go down well with 100 YBF youngsters
byA couple of days ago I was delighted to address 100 students and youngsters involved with the Young Britons Foundation. Led by Donal Blaney,…
Audio: Eliminating Monetary Externalities
byThe Mises Institute has released a recording of the Murray N. Rothbard Memorial Lecture, recorded on Thursday in Auburn, Alabama, at their Austrian Scholars…
Federal Reserve Accounting and Its Solvency
byA 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…
Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society”: A Free Market Critique
byThe following talk was delivered at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City on March 7, 2011, as a lecture in…
Adam Smith Reveals His (Invisible) Hand!
byToday 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,…
At the ASI: Mervyn King and narrow banking
byVia Tom Clougherty at the Adam Smith Institute, Mervyn King and narrow banking: Ultimately, the problem with modern banks is that they do not operate…