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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Three Comments on the Gold Standard
The financial crisis in 2008, the uncertainty about the future of the Euro and the doubts on the efficiency of monetary policy has brought some renewed interest in the gold […]
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The other Mises and his Monetary Plan for Reconstruction
Unlike some of his followers, Ludwig von Mises invested considerable part of his life studying policy issues with a thorough knowledge of the economic conditions and statistics of his native […]
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Gold bugs and Paper bugs
At Free Banking blog, Kurt Schuller points to Ralph Benko’s reply to Roubini’s statements that “this idea of a gold standard is pushed every other day by these gold bugs […]
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The Gutenberg Solution
The European Monetary Union is evolving like a slow-motion train-wreck these days. Just a few weeks ago, the pundits and bloggers began to ponder the possibility of the Euro failing, […]
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What Happens If We End the Fed?
Libertarians, some Occupy supporters are among those calling for an end to the Federal Reserve
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The First International Financial Crisis: Free Banking Failure or Regulatory Failure?
The Baring Crisis of 1890 is pointed out as the first modern international emerging financial crisis. The collapse of the banking system in Argentina came very close to triggering a […]
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The Irrelevant Dramatics of the Super Committee
“Lord, make me chaste, but not yet.”-St. Augustine I know a guy who’s 130 lbs. overweight, slowly dying from arthrosclerosis and diabetes. He’s been living a slouchy lifestyle for the […]
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Fixing the Dollar Now!
From Jefferson’s early warnings to Roosevelt’s Bretton Woods and Nixon’s Camp David ‘Shock,’ Shelton’s Fixing the Dollar Now is rooted in the “need-to-know” historical foundations of today’s dollar crisis. Drawing on […]
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Literature and Monetary Thinking
Marjorie Grice-Hutchinson, studying Spanish literature, stumbled into the monetary writings of the authors of the School of Salamanca; she shared those writings with F.A. Hayek, who realized how relevant they […]
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Financial Crisis in Europe and Regime Uncertainty
In recent days, Europe has seen two governments fall: the Prime Ministers from Greece and Italy. New governments where formed. Besides these important changes, the financial markets did not calm […]
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The Fed’s “Other” Mystery
Why did the Fed inject banks with a record amount of “Other” cash in the past week?
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