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.
For the latest on sound money issues, subscribe to our working paper series and follow along on Twitter or Facebook.
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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Old money: How the Fed’s actions harm millennials
By Diana Furchtgott-Roth and Jared Meyer In our new book, Disinherited: How Washington Is Betraying America’s Young, we show how government policy is biased towards older people and creates an environment […]
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Op-ed: Trade agreements need rational provisions to end currency manipulation
It’s a well-known fact among economists of nearly every stripe that global trade is an engine of prosperity, especially for developing nations with a crucial need for access to international […]
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Ten things every economist should know about the gold standard
This piece was originally published by Alt-M By George Selgin At the risk of sounding like a broken record (well, OK–at the risk of continuing to sound like a broken record), I’d […]
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Evaluating quantitative easing
This piece was originally published in Alt-M By Gerald P. O’Driscoll In my prior post, “The Futility of Stimulus,” I examined whether Federal Reserve Policy has provided economic stimulus. I […]
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Ben Bernanke, Austrian macro economist
Self-styled Austrians have a tendency to overstate the differences in the Austrian business cycle theory and that of so-called mainstream economists.
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Venezuela: No rule of law, bad money
This article appeared in the June 2015 issue of Globe Asia. By Dr. Steve H. Hanke The rule of law subjects the State to a fixed set of rules that limits […]
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What does monetary policy have to do with interest rates?
Very little, really. Despite what we teach our students in Principles classes, and in some more advanced classes on Macroeconomics and Money & Banking, the relationship between changes in the […]
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Shock or gradualism?
Big economic crises or situations of economic distress usually put pressure on policy makers to embark upon economic reforms. If the situation is troubled enough, then whether the reforms should […]
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Op-ed: Reckoning for the Fed
It’s happening. People are finally starting to realize that the Federal Reserve’s policies might not be working and central bankers are going on the defensive. At least former Fed Chairman […]
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Gold-backed money must be private money
Dr. Jordan’s article appeared in the Spring/Summer 2015 edition of the Cato Journal. “I am convinced we shall never have good money again so long as we leave it in the […]
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Monetary equilibrium and monetary institutions
I am very excited to join the Sound Money Project and contribute to the understanding of monetary systems that are conducive to economic stability. To begin, I would like to […]
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Alexander W. Salter joins the Sound Money Project team
It has truly been an exciting year for the Atlas Network’s Sound Money Project and Washington’s monetary policy community. From meetings with Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen to the opening […]
