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This piece originally appeared in Alt-M By Ari Blask  More than two hundred people came to Cato last Thursday, November 17th, for the 34th Annual Monetary Conference. Four panels and two keynote speakers covered “Central Banks and Financial Turmoil,” the theme of this year’s conference. In his introduction, CMFA’s James Dorn laid out some of the…

This piece originally appeared in the Daily Caller With just days until the conclusion of one of our history’s most polarizing presidential election cycles, it’s hard for a proponent of a free-society to be truly excited. But while it may be difficult to accurately predict what a Clinton or a Trump presidency might look like,…

By Dr. Lawrence White Let me welcome you all to the capital of Latin America. And when I say capital, I mean that much of the financial wealth of Latin America is held with banks and fund managers across the street, here in Miami. And therein lies a lesson in the results of unsound money.…

This piece originally appeared in Market TrendsBy Edgar Ortiz As mentioned in a previous article, on December 16 of 2015 the Fed announced a rate hike of 0.25 percentage points and Mexico’s central bank followed suit the very next day. The decision seemed logical considering that the peso was not ceasing to depreciate and a rate…

This piece originally appeared in Economics21 By Mickey D. Levy For over a decade, the Bernanke- and Yellen-led Federal Reserve have talked incessantly about conducting monetary policy to achieve the Fed’s dual mandate.  The unemployment rate is now 4.7%, at the Fed’s estimate of full employment.  When inflation rises to 2% by year-end, the Fed’s dual…

This piece originally appeared in The Hill  By Judy Shelton Donald Trump has a problem with the Federal Reserve. You could call it a love/hate relationship. He loves low-interest rates because, as a builder, low-cost financing enables him to develop new projects that add value to the economy. But he also thinks the zero interest rate policies…

For the first time in recent memory, politicians and candidates alike are talking about the importance of rules-based monetary reform and the public is shifting its attention (and ire) from the bankers on Wall Street to the central bankers at the Federal Reserve. But is monetary reform– even coupled with fiscal and regulatory reform– the cure…

This week, Sound Money Project fellow Nicolas Cachanosky appeared in an episode of Reinvent.Money and discusses free banking vs. central banking, competing currencies, property rights and his involvement with the Sound Money Project. Watch the interview below:

The following is an exclusive interview with Mike Gleason, Director of Money Metals Exchange and originally appeared on the Money Metals Exchange page. To listen to the interview, click here.  Mike Gleason, Director, Money Metals Exchange: Today we have a tremendous treat in store for our listeners as we welcome in none other than Steve Forbes. I had the honor…

This article appeared in the December 2015 issue of Globe Asia.  By Professor Steve H. Hanke Money matters — it’s one of Milton Friedman’s maxims that I repeat often in my columns. Since the Northern Rock bank run of 2007 — the “opening shot” of the financial crisis — the money supply, broadly measured, in the…