Topic: Free Markets

I, Pencil

– June 30, 2010

“I, Pencil, simple though I appear to be, merit your wonder and awe, a claim I shall attempt to prove. In fact, if you can understand me—no, that’s too much to ask of anyone—if you can become aware of the miraculousness which I symbolize, you can help …

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“Academia’s War Against Free Market Money”

– April 22, 2010

“In a confrontational and much-needed LewRockwell.com article, Prof. William Anderson launched a counter-attack against mainstream academic economists’ refusal to consider seriously the Austrian School’s theory of money. Despite the fact that Ludwig vo …

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“Free Market Money – Instead of Political Manipulation”

– April 21, 2010

“Money is the most important commodity in an economic system Indeed, money ‘makes the world go ’round.’ This is because money is the general medium of exchange. We sell our products and services for money, and then use it to buy the products and servic …

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An Economy of Liars

– April 20, 2010

Free markets depend on truth telling. Prices must reflect the valuations of consumers; interest rates must be reliable guides to entrepreneurs allocating capital across time; and a firm’s accounts must reflect the true value of the business. Rather tha …

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The Swinging Pendulum

– April 9, 2010

On Monday, April 5, the Future of Freedom Foundation and the George Mason University Econ Society hosted a lecture1 by Dr. Richard Ebeling, professor of economics at Northwood University and former president of the Foundation for Economic Education. Dr …

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“Break Up the Banks”

– March 29, 2010

“Big banks are bad for free markets. Far from being engines of free enterprise, they are conducive to what might be called ‘crony capitalism,’ ‘corporatism,’ or, in Jonah Goldberg’s provocative phrase, ‘liberal fascism.’ There is a free-market case for …

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“Monetary Policy and the Free-Market Economy”

– March 10, 2010

“Let me say first that I believe in the benefits conferred by the free market as strongly as anybody in this country: nobody, anywhere, has yet devised a way of organising economic activity which comes close to the free market as a way of efficiently p …

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The Transmission Mechanism of Monetary Policy

– March 10, 2010

“Economists do not agree about how monetary policy affects the economy. Different observers weigh in different ways the various specific channels through which monetary policy works. Views diverge even about the monetary transmission process in individ …

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Research Reports – 1977, Issue: 29

– May 1, 2008

Who Says Smaill Is Beautiful?

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With Free Market Friends Like This…

– May 1, 2008

Research Reports – 1981, Issue: 21 Also: Motor Vehicle Production and Sales

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Under A True Gold Standard: The Free Market Does Not Fix The Price Of Gold

– May 1, 2008

Research Reports – 1981, Issue: 29 Also: The Employment Situation

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Equality, the Third World, and Economic Delusion

– May 1, 2008

Research Reports – 1981, Issue: 46 Also: Retail Sales

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