Ukraine and the Next Wave of Inflation, Part I
The term inflation is used by many people to mean rising consumer prices, regardless of the cause. Though most are aware of nonmonetary causes, there is…
Response: Fed’s Digital Currency Paper
To listen to the audio version of this article click here. The Federal Reserve published Money and Payments: The U.S. Dollar in the Age of Digital…
Transitory Inflation and Useless Ingredients
To listen to the audio version of this article click here Can you remember back to when you were two or three years old? Toddlers…
Where Does Your Profit Come From?
A few recent articles bring to the public’s awareness that wealthy investors are preferring not to sell their assets, and thereby pay capital gains…
Moving from Gold-Redeemable to Irredeemable Currency
When we saw the following comment from a prominent otherwise-free-marketer, we knew it was time to write this article. “…the value of the Fed’s…
Inflation or Lockdown Whiplash?
Mainstream analysis sees rising consumer prices, and looks for a monetary cause. Also, when it sees an increase in the quantity of dollars, it…
An Economist Rebukes The Economist
There are but two ways that man can deal with man: reason and force. Reason includes invention, design, entrepreneurship, finance, borrowing and lending, construction,…
Open Letter to Gregory Mankiw from Keith Weiner
Dear Professor Mankiw: I am writing in response to your article in the New York Times, “The Puzzle of Low Interest Rates”. I commend…
Open Letter to Mercatus Center
Letter to Patrick Horan Program Manager for Monetary Policy Mercatus Center Via Internet Dear Mr. Horan and Mercatus: It just came to my attention…