Sound Money at Atlas is happy to announce that Peter Lewin*, will be giving three lectures on “The Austrian Capital Theory and the Business Cycle” at the University of Texas […]
Sound Money at Atlas is happy to announce that Peter Lewin*, will be giving three lectures on “The Austrian Capital Theory and the Business Cycle” at the University of Texas […]
“Too much money leads first to a boom and then a terrible bust. Re-stimulation continues the process and makes economic imbalances worse over time until finally the whole system begins […]
Walter Williams, a professor of economics for George Mason University, speaks on the deregulation (or lack-thereof) that led to the financial crisis. The original video can be fond on LibertyPen.com.
“No monetary system, including gold, is perfect. But the evidence is that the gold standard is a recipe for lower-than-predicted federal interest rates (quelling the coming fiscal crisis); lower corporate […]
“But back to the question of the cause of inflation. Basically when the government increases the money supply faster than the quantity of goods increases we have inflation. Interestingly as […]
“If every time we bring the results of the sweat of our brow to market, we are subject to an arbitrary assessment of their worth, either we are suffering from […]
“The dollar dropped to a 15-year low against the yen and the weakest in more than eight months against the euro amid growing expectations the Federal Reserve will expand credit […]
“Investor reaction to Ben Bernanke’s apparent focus on price indices — jumping into the stock market when he hints that he may not raise rates, and jumping out when they […]
“To summarize: government programs to support housing have depressed rental prices, which is making core inflation artificially low. And since the Fed uses core CPI as one of its primary […]
“A lasting solution would be to recognize explicitly that market prices, reflected in the yield curve and gold price have been the most reliable signals of the global demand for […]