London Mises Circle meetings
byFollowing the success of the first London Mises Circle meeting at the Institute of Economic Affairs in November, after a Christmas break we are…
Economics
The impossibility of economic calculation in a fiat world
by Alasdair MacleodThe purpose of keeping accurate accounts is to quantify net worth at any given point in time – as well as the change from…
The disbanding of troops
by The Cobden CentreFrom Frédéric Bastiat’s classic “That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen”, this essay was recently featured at Mises.org. It is the same with a people…
Countdown to the collapse
by John ButlerOn multiple fronts there appears to have been a resumption of hostilities in the global currency wars. A subtle indication of this is the…
Yes Virginia, there is a constitutional monetary unit
by Ralph BenkoA view from America … Last week, the Virginia House of Delegates Rules Committee passed, by an 11 – 1 bipartisan majority, a bill to establish “a joint…
Why price inflation will take off
by Alasdair MacleodThere are key aspects of economics that neo-classical monetarists do not apparently comprehend; the most important, given their job-description, being the relationship between money…
The CPM Group
by Robert BlumenAs an appendix to yesterday’s article, ‘Misunderstanding gold demand‘, I have produced a detailed analysis of The CPM Group’s gold research. Of all of the major…
Misunderstanding gold demand
by Robert BlumenMost gold market research is based on the premise that the supply side of the market can be characterized by the quantity supplied and…
Incredible confusions Part 1: ‘Positive Money’ and the fallacy of the need for a state money producer
by Detlev SchlichterI am usually inclined to encourage the inquiry of the fundamental aspects of money and banking. This is because I tend to believe that…
Mark Thornton on creeping inflation
by Andy DuncanEpisode 93: GoldMoney’s Andy Duncan talks to Professor Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, about a recent Mises Daily article he…