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Dr Frank Shostak

Dr Frank Shostak is a leading Austrian economist and director of Applied Austrian School Economics Ltd, which aims to assess the direction of various markets using the Austrian School methodology. AASE aims to make Austrian economics accessible to businessmen.

Economics24 February 21

Did money emerge as a result of a government ruling?

By Dr Frank Shostak

By Dr Frank Shostak By some theories such as the Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), money originated on account of the government decree. Money according…

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Can decline in money velocity offset the effect of money supply growth on price inflation?
Economics19 February 21

Can decline in money velocity offset the effect of money supply growth on price inflation?

By Dr Frank Shostak

By Dr Frank Shostak At the end of January, the yearly growth rate of our measure of US money supply (AMS) closed at 76.7%…

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Economics10 February 21

Is technical knowledge the key driver of economic growth?

By Dr Frank Shostak

According to some commentators such as Nobel Laureate in Economics Paul Romer, technical knowledge is key to economic growth. We hold that if this…

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Economics1 February 21

Relation between minimum wage and unemployment

By Dr Frank Shostak

On January 21 2021, the US President Joe Biden, through an executive order announced an increase in workers minimum wage from $7.25 per hour…

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Economics25 January 21

Why the idea of an optimum growth rate of money supply is questionable

By Dr Frank Shostak

By Dr Frank Shostak Most economists hold that a growing economy requires a growing money stock, on the grounds that growth gives rise to…

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Time preference – and interest rate determination
Economics20 January 21

Time preference – and interest rate determination

By Dr Frank Shostak

By Dr Frank Shostak A common conception is that the central bank is a key factor in the determination of interest rates. On this…

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Fiscal stimulus and economic growth
Economics15 January 21

Fiscal stimulus and economic growth

By Dr Frank Shostak

For most experts a key factor that policy makers should be watching is the ratio between actual real output and potential real output. The…

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Economics11 January 21

The importance of assumptions in economics

By Dr Frank Shostak

By Dr Frank Shostak Various assumptions employed by economists in their models appear to be of an arbitrary nature. The assumptions seem to be…

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Economics21 December 20

Does cost cutting undermine economic growth?

By Dr Frank Shostak

By Dr Frank Shostak By some commentators, cost cutting by companies in order to protect profits can in fact set in motion an economic…

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Economics14 December 20

Quantitative methods in economics describe but do not explain

By Dr Frank Shostak

By Dr Frank Shostak Most economists regard the use of mathematical and statistical methods as the key towards understanding the complexities of economics. They…

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