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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Advisory Board: Steve H. Hanke, Jerry L. Jordan, Lawrence H. White
Director: William J. Luther
Senior Fellows: Nicolás Cachanosky, Gerald P. Dwyer, Joshua R. Hendrickson, Thomas L. Hogan, Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr., Alexander W. Salter
Fellows: J.P. Koning
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Monetary Policy Coordination: What Could Go Wrong?
There are two reasons monetary policy cooperation might backfire.
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The War on Cash: What Do You Have to Hide?
Banning cash is inconsistent with the liberal tradition. It is the way of despots.
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Why Do Mobile Money Services Cooperate?
To anyone familiar with free banking systems, the answer is obvious.
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Why Do Central Bankers Change Their Tune?
If we want sound money, we cannot afford to ignore the political process.
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Separating the Technology of Bitcoin from the Medium of Exchange
The high price of bitcoin serves as a reminder of its rigid supply, which might ultimately be its undoing.
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Central Bank Independence and a Trumped Up Fed
Economists might wish it were otherwise, but the Fed is not independent.
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Do the Origins of Money Matter?
A whirlwind tour through alternative theories would seem to suggest one fits much more comfortably with a pro-liberty worldview than another.
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Liquidity and Endogenous Money
Financial innovation reduces the costs of transacting and storing wealth.
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Economizing on Cash Balances
Cash can be converted to goods all but instantly, but provides the holder of cash no interest.
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Second Thoughts on Indian Demonetization
Indians accomplished in mere months something that took Europeans ten years.
