Johannes Schmidt
34th Cato Monetary Conference: Central Banks and Financial Turmoil
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…
Op-ed: On November 8th, I’m voting for our next Fed Chair
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…
Leonard Liggio lecture 2016: The classical liberal tradition of sound money
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…
The Fed’s policies and their consequences for Mexico
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…
The Fed and its dual mandate
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…
Op-ed: Trump’s problem with the Fed
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…
Op-ed: Global monetary turmoil is hurting economic growth
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…
Nicolas Cachanosky interviewed at Reinvent.Money
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…
Steve Forbes speaks out on the Presidential race, Fed recklessness, and gold
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…
Bank regulations continue to hinder the U.S. recovery
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…