Central Banking
Get to the chopper !
“‘Get to da choppa !’ “Short for the whole phrase that Dutch (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) says in the movie Predator, which goes: “RUN!…
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The Theory and Brief History of Money and Banking
[This article is part of the Understanding Money Mechanics series, by Robert P. Murphy. The series will be published as a book in late 2020.] The…
Read MoreMonetary Massacre Theory
“A deeply disturbing account of the destructive potential of belief.” – Ammar Kalia, reviewing BBC Four’s Storyville: Jonestown – Terror in the Jungle. …
Read MoreThe Japanization of the European Union
The Japanization of the European Union[1] Introduction The topic of my lecture today is “The Japanization of the European Union.” I…
Read More150 years of bank credit expansion is near its end
The legal formalisation of the creation of bank credit commenced with England’s 1844 Bank Charter Act. It has led to a regular cycle of…
Read MoreThe Perversity of Negative Interest
Today, we want to say two things about negative interest rates. The first is really simple. Anyone who believes in a theory of interest…
Read MoreAre we heading for a liquidity trap?
With interest rates in many countries close to zero or even negative some commentators are of the view that monetary policy of the…
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The Economic Standard’s write up on my speech at the Austrian central bank.
By Erik Sass, TES Editor-in-Chief https://theeconomicstandard.com/will-blockchain-undermine-central-bank-control-or-amplify-it/ Since the launch of Bitcoin in 2009 cryptocurrencies have proliferated, powered by blockchain technology using distributed computing…
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It’s Coming Home this November! Event in Austrian central bank in Vienna
This will be a good one. See more here: http://austrianconference.org/
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