Alex Chafuen
2014 Sound Money Rankings: the bottom of the list
As several of the worse performing currencies are in countries where the government manipulates statistics and exchange rates, it is not easy to come up with a perfect ranking. Using…
Atlas Sound Money Project team participates at Cato 2014 Monetary conference.
Most of the team of the Atlas Sound Money Project attended the Cato Institute Monetary Conference. Dr. Judy Shelton, co-director of the project spoke on “Building an Orderly and Ethical…
Wall Street Journal describes the new Cato Institute effort to promote sound money
The Wall Street Journal blog reports that Cato’s new Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives will have as a goal to “challenge the central bank’s policies and explore alternative ways to manage…
New Book on Sound Money by Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames
In a recent piece in Forbes.com, contributor Mark Hendrickson writes “one of my favorite passages in “MONEY” was when the authors drew an ironic contrast between the fate of John…
Monetary Manipulation and the Loss of Trust in Free Enterprise
The On-Line Library of Law and Liberty just published my review of Stephen King’s “When the Money Runs Out.” Monetary manipulation has destroyed the level of trust in free-markets in…
What is the Connection Between the IMF and the Ukraine Crisis?
Judy Shelton writes in the Wall Street Journal: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” Former White House Chief of Staff and now Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s…
Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Charles Plosser is Right to be Worried
The dangers of relying on printing money to solve economic problems led Charles Plosser to become more vocal. He argued that “The best thing the U.S. can do for the…
Sound Money for Ukraine
Another brilliant piece by Judy Shelton: “As Ukrainians mourn their dead and vow to prosecute their recently deposed leader, the valor of those who died must now inspire others to…
Juan Bautista Alberdi (1810-1884) on paper money and omnipotent government
“As long as the government has the power to manufacture currency with simple paper strips that promise nothing nor require any repayment, the omnipotent power of government will live unscathed…
Fighting monetary inflation: easier in Argentina?
An Argentine Think Tank, Fundación Libertad y Progreso, has produced a short You Tube video on the causes of price inflation. It has been viewed over 300,000 times. You can…
