Sound Money Project
The Sound Money Project was founded in January 2009 to conduct research and promote awareness about monetary stability and financial privacy. The project is comprised of leading academics and practitioners in money, banking, and macroeconomics. It offers regular commentary and in-depth analysis on monetary policy, alternative monetary systems, financial markets regulation, cryptocurrencies, and the history of monetary and macroeconomic thought.
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Is It Time To End the Federal Reserve?
Since it began operations 98 years ago, the Federal Reserve System has performed functions that are vital to the financial system. But do we really need it?
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Does QE3 Mark the Beginning of the End of the Bond Bubble?
With savings rates at historic lows and budget deficits at historic highs, it makes little sense that interest rates should remain this low for this long. While the Federal Reserve […]
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The Greatest Thinker You’ve Never Read: Ludwig von Mises
An overview of the work of Ludwig Von Mises and his contribution to modern economic thought.
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Two Legends in Economics Wrestle Over the Euro’s Future
FORTUNE — Robert Mundell and Allan Meltzer rank among the most influential economists of the past half-century. Mundell, a professor at Columbia University, garnered a Nobel Prize in 1999, in […]
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Death Knells for the US Dollar
The recent decision by the US Federal Reserve to contaminate the financial body until it responds favorably was the last straw in my book.
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Interest Rates are Prices
One of the most enduring myths in the United States is that this country has a free market, when in reality, the market is merely the structural shell of formerly free institutions.
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Iran: Down, But Not Out
Since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad first became President of Iran, in August 2005, the country’s economy has gone from bad to worse. Iran now ranks near the bottom
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‘Has the Fed Been a Failure?’
That is the provocative title of the lead paper in the prestigious economics publication, the Journal of Macroeconomics. It is authored by George Selgin, William D. Lastrapes, and Lawrence H. […]
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Sound Money: Turkey’s Cure for Oil Dependence
With so much havoc among European nations, Turkey has attracted headlines recently as Europe’s fastest growing economy and the remaining shining star of investment grade on the continent. Though, as […]
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QE3: Sowing the Wind
The US central bank announced on Thursday, September 13, 2012, that it will expand its holdings of long-term securities with open-ended purchases of $40 billion of mortgage debt a month as it seeks to boost economic growth and reduce unemployment.
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Germany Eyes Gold Standard
Germany’s Gold: Is the second-largest gold-holder in a position to lead?
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The Case for Gold
Working with a team of economists, Paul and Lehrman produced a work that is as sound and prescient today as when first published.
