The history of the Fed has been one of monetary inflation, higher overall prices, diminished purchasing power, economic depressions, and lost decades. In 1913 the state sowed the inflationist wind and for a hundred years we have been reaping the economic whirlwind.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Reality Trumps Federal Reserve Rhetoric
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Salerno on Rothbard's THE MYSTERY OF BANKING
Here is Joseph Salerno's nice introduction of Murray Rothbard's The Mystery of Banking.
I concur that The Mystery of Banking is an excellent introduction to monetary theory, how fractional reserve banking affects the quantity of money and its purchasing power, and the monetary history of the United States. In fact, if you come to Grove City College to study economics, you will use it as the main text in our Money and Banking course.
I concur that The Mystery of Banking is an excellent introduction to monetary theory, how fractional reserve banking affects the quantity of money and its purchasing power, and the monetary history of the United States. In fact, if you come to Grove City College to study economics, you will use it as the main text in our Money and Banking course.
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Ritenour on Holcombe's ADVANCED INTRODUCTION TO AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS
My review of Randall Holcombe's new Advanced Introduction to Austrian Economics has just been published by Libertarian Papers. Holcombe's concise work makes for an excellent way to introduce any friends (or enemies for that matter) who are schooled in the neoclassical economic framework to the more rich, realistic, and therefore relevant economic analysis in the Austrian tradition.
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