Topic: Inflation

Bill Anderson on the Weak Dollar

– June 2, 2010

“Mike Van Winkle asks Prof. Bill Anderson of Frostburg State University What is a weak dollar? And why does it matter?” Listen in here. First Principles Episode 12: The weak dollar; does it matter? Via the Foundation for Economic Education. Image by re …

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“Monetary Central Planning and the State”

– May 28, 2010

The Future of Freedom Foundation has an in-depth history of the debate over a monetary central authority. Dr. Richard Ebeling offers his stunning knowledge on the subject in a 40 part series entitled “Monetary Central Planning and the State”. To read h …

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Steve Horwitz on Monetary Equilibrium Theory

– May 28, 2010

“Professor Steve Horwitz gives a talk on Capital and Its Structure to the student of the Advanced Austrian Economics seminar in Irvington, New York.” Listen here.   Mentary Equilibrium Theory Steve Horwitz Advanced Austrian Economics Via the Foundation …

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About the Fed

– May 27, 2010

“How does monetary policy affect the U.S. economy? The point of implementing policy through raising or lowering interest rates is to affect people’s and firms’ demand for goods and services. This section discusses how policy actions affect real interes …

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Israel Kirzner on Entrepreneurship

– May 27, 2010

Israel Kirzner presents an excellent piece on entrepreneurship for the students at the Advanced Austrian Economics seminar hosted by the Foundation for Economic Education. Given today’s regulation of financial markets and other steps taken to “prevent …

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Good Money

– May 25, 2010

“This is the true and remarkable story of private coinage and banking in Britain in the early years of the Industrial Revolution (1775-1850). Making money was a business in demand. The needs of business for small denominations were changing. Merchants …

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“Monetary-Policy Disasters of the Twentieth Century”

– May 24, 2010

“The Federal Reserve System was created in 1913 and soon did what central banks almost always do: it started printing lots of money. During World War I the Bank of England inflated its money supply, and as a result a significant amount of gold flowed o …

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Applying Hayekian Ideas: Leonard Read and I, Money

– May 20, 2010

“In a recent blog post, Peter Boettke argues that in reading F.A. Hayek it is important to distinguish between Hayek and Hayekianism. Because Hayek, as a lifetime learner, did not always apply his ideas as fully he possibly could have, Hayek the man wa …

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“Can the Government Regulate Inflation?”

– May 20, 2010

“In a recent column, Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman claimed that the government needs to have two important duties in finance. First, it must keep interest rates low; second, it must strictly regulate where the newly created money goes. Now …

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“Did Deregulation Cause the Financial Crises?”

– May 19, 2010

“The growing narrative in Washington is that a decades-long unraveling of the regulatory system allowed and encouraged Wall Street to excess, resulting in the current financial crisis. Left unchallenged, this narrative will likely form the basis of any …

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“Fed Will Hold Interest Rates – And Inflation Will Rise”

– May 19, 2010

“Early this year, it was our belief (and forecast) that the Federal Reserve would start lifting interest rates from their current level of near zero by mid-year 2010. Our view has been that 0% interest rates are too low, that the economy would be (and …

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“The Great Chinese Inflation”

– May 19, 2010

“Inflations have undermined the cultural and economic fabric of society, bringing social chaos and revolution. One example is the Great Chinese Inflation of the 1930s and 1940s. Indeed, the destruction of the Chinese monetary system during this period …

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