Topic: Gold Standard

Central Banking, Currency, Fiscal Policy, Gold Standard, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Money Printing is the Only Thing Keeping the System Afloat

– October 19, 2012

The hyperbolic trend increase in the quantity of money is a reflection of this necessity, implying that if the Fed’s money issuance is at a slower rate than required, then strains will appear in the financial system. There are a number of reasons behind this monetary acceleration, not least the need to perpetuate bubbles in securities markets, but there are three major underlying problems.

Currency, Free Banking, Gold Standard, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Roads to Sound Money

– October 15, 2012

The Sound Money Project of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation is proud to announce the release of its newest publication, Roads to Sound Money. The project is a compilation of essays featuring some of the most visionary, yet practical thinkers on m …

Currency, Gold Standard, Inflation, International, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Currencies: Re-evaluating the ghost of gold

– October 12, 2012

Imagine if, over time, as our solar system swings around the Sun, the planet Jupiter suddenly put on a tremendous amount of weight. Over time the gravitational pull of the planets — and the Sun — would begin spinning around Jupiter, causing great celes …

Central Banking, Currency, Gold Standard, Inflation, International, Monetary Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Signs of the Gold Standard Emerging in China?

– October 12, 2012

As noted in last week’s column about the rising recognition by authorities in Germany about the virtues of gold, the gold standard is receiving impressive new recognition internationally.

Currency, Gold Standard, History, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

What is Money? Krugman’s MMMF Question

– October 9, 2012

These three short articles, written by three Mises scholars, respond to Paul Krugman’s dubious economic theories

Central Banking, Currency, Fiscal Policy, Gold Standard, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Easy Money Is Punishing the Middle Class

– October 5, 2012

A policy of low but persistent inflation anesthetizes workers to declining real wages.

Central Banking, Currency, Gold Standard, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Money

Death Knells for the US Dollar

– September 28, 2012

The recent decision by the US Federal Reserve to contaminate the financial body until it responds favorably was the last straw in my book.

Central Banking, Currency, Energy, Gold Standard, Monetary Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Sound Money: Turkey’s Cure for Oil Dependence

– September 25, 2012

With so much havoc among European nations, Turkey has attracted headlines recently as Europe’s fastest growing economy and the remaining shining star of investment grade on the continent. Though, as CNBC reported, rising oil prices threaten the country …

Currency, Gold Standard, Sound Money Project

The Case for Gold

– September 20, 2012

Working with a team of economists, Paul and Lehrman produced a work that is as sound and prescient today as when first published.

Currency, Gold Standard, Inflation, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

A Road to Prosperity

– September 17, 2012

The case for a modernized gold standard. Gold, a fundamental, metallic element of the earth’s constitution, exhibits unique properties that enabled it, during two millennia of market testing, to emerge as a universally accepted store of value and mediu …

Central Banking, Currency, Gold Standard, Monetary Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Ezra Klein Mistakes the Arsonist for a Firefighter

– August 30, 2012

Does Klein really believe that the Fed currently adjusts the value of the dollar according to “the needs of our economy?”

Currency, Gold Standard, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Money Project

Sound Money Gains a Champion

– August 28, 2012

What are the chances that President Barack Obama and his Treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, will ever have anything meaningful to say about monetary policy—beyond continuing to try to coax Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to print ever more dollars to buy up ever more U.S. government debt? About the same as the interest rate you are receiving on your savings: zero.