David Howden on Europe and fiat currency
byI speak to the excellent Professor David Howden about the future of the euro, how Cyprus changed everything, and what’s happening in Iceland… Episode…
Economics
Danger in bank accounts
by Alasdair MacleodIt has been obvious for some time that banks in many jurisdictions are insolvent and that they are simply too big for governments to…
Cyprus and the unraveling of fractional-reserve banking
by Joseph T. SalernoThe “Cyprus deal” as it has been widely referred to in the media may mark the next to last act in the the slow…
Cyprus triggers preference for goods
by Alasdair MacleodAlmost certainly prices for goods in Cyprus will rise as a result of its banking crisis, because the imposition of capital controls will restrict…
Robert Wenzel: The parallels of Soviet Russia and modern day America
by Andy DuncanAnother one of my interviews for GoldMoney Foundation, this time with Robert Wenzel, of Economic Policy Journal, on the subject of his Henry Hazlitt Memorial Lecture at…
The two meetings
by Sean CorriganBesides the ongoing troubles in the eurozone, the other burning issue for investors is, of course, what will emerge from the just-concluded ‘Two Meetings’…
Cyprus and banking
by John PhelanThis is democracy in the European Union. Last week the Cypriot parliament voted down a proposal to secure the €10 billion funding needed to…
Good riddance to deposit ‘insurance’
by Detlev SchlichterOnce the public furor and shrill media coverage have died down it will become clear that events in Cyprus did not mark the death…
Anatomy of the bank run
by The Cobden CentreThis article by Murray Rothbard was recently featured at Mises.org. It originally appeared in the September, 1985 edition of The Free Market. It was a scene…
Auflockerung avoided
by Sean CorriganCyprus may or may not prove to be a ‘watershed’ for the European crisis but what we can say for now (tempting fate outrageously…