Inflation
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Modest Inflation Set to Emerge
A temporary decline in oil and gasoline prices became the dominant factor in the economic landscape in the first quarter.
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Monetary Policy and Heightened Price Volatility in Raw Materials Markets
Despite the Fed’s breathtaking increase of base money since the autumn of 2008, the money stock as measured by conventional concepts such as M2 has not increased greatly
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The Fed prints and prints, and no huge consumer price inflation?
In this piece, Mark Thornton tries to solve the riddle: “Where is the Inflation?” Critics of the Austrian School of economics have been throwing barbs at Austrians like Robert Murphy […]
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2012 Currency Rankings In Terms of Gold
Now that 2012 has come and gone, here are the 15 most traded currencies ranked by their performance against the yellow metal. Among the top performers, the New Zealand dollar […]
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Further Inside the Brain of the Sound Money Advocate
Bloomberg’s recently (and quite rightly) christened “Forbes 30 Under 30” superstar Josh Barro is inside my head.
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Too Late, Fiscal Cliff. Bracket Creep Beat You To It.
In order to avert next year’s automatic spending cuts, President Obama has called for a return to President Clinton’s higher tax rates on incomes over $200,000 ($250,000 for joint filers).
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Leszek Balcerowicz: The Anti-Bernanke
As an economic crisis manager, Leszek Balcerowicz has few peers. When communism fell in Europe, he pioneered “shock therapy” to slay hyperinflation and build a free market.
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The Case For 100% Reserve Banking
by Devin Roundtree Even among the most vocal advocates of returning to a gold standard, a banking system that requires banks to reserve 100% of all deposits redeemable on demand […]
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A Golden Path: Reply to Professor Cochran
In his recent Mises Daily article “Fool’s Gold Standards,” John P. Cochran warns his readers against accepting any monetary reform less than that of money created by the free market.
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A World of Persistent Inflation
Economic Bulletin Vol. LII, no. 12 |December, 2012 Using monetary policy to boost growth and employment worked. Then people caught on. by Steven R. Cunningham, PhD, Director of Research and […]
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Job Creation via Jobless Benefits and Fed Money Printing: Signs of a Modern Day Depression
Jobless benefits cant create Jobs
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Inflation and Monetary Manipulation as Incentives for Corruption
The Adam Smith Institute (U.K.) has published a valuable piece reminding readers about the corrupting effects of inflation. My professor of professional ethics, at the Catholic University of Argentina, taught […]
