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Re-reading the text book that we used at Grove City College to learn about the principles of sound money, I see that another project at Atlas, our Secure Free Society Project, complements with our Sound Money Project. In Theory of Money and Credit, whi …
READ MORE“Committee members at the Bank of England and some economists have been puzzled by persistently high inflation in Britain, causing some concerns that the country’s recovery might stagnate. Unlike in the United States and in countries that share the eur …
READ MORE“China’s government said the world’s third-biggest economy is heading in the right direction and business people and economists expect “relatively fast” growth to continue. Premier Wen Jiabao said the nation will “further cement and develop the positiv …
READ MORE“Judy Shelton is an economist who has written 15 pieces for the Wall Street Journal over the past two years. She is the author of several books including Money Meltdown in 1994 and The Coming Soviet Crash in 1989. In addition, she is on the board of th …
READ MOREThe Chinese government announced this weekend that they would move towards a greater degree of flexibility in the exchange rate. As stated by by the People’s Bank of China: “In view of the recent economic situation and financial market developments at …
READ MOREThe Greek crisis rolls on. This week yields on Greek government bonds rose by almost 3/4 of a percentage point to 9.06 percent as Moody’s–a rating agency–downgraded its debt to junk bond status citing “substantial” risks in connection with the three …
READ MORE“In late 2008, with the financial crisis rippling through the global economy, China’s leaders embarked on a two-year, $586 billion spending program to try to stave off a recession and keep the Chinese economy growing. Unlike in the United States — whe …
READ MORESpain was hit hard by the financial crisis. Like the U.S. and the UK, Spain experienced high capital inflows and rapidly rising housing prices in the years leading up to the crisis. And like the U.S. and the UK it is now stuck with a struggling banking …
READ MORE“The current flap over the sustainability of Greece’s membership in the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) is reminiscent, in many ways, of the events leading up to the collapse of the Bretton Woods system—another ultimately untenable currency …
READ MOREThe European debt crisis has demonstrated the painful costs of fiscal profligacy and short-sighted Keynesian stimulus. In the words of financial historian Niall Ferguson, “there is no such thing as a Keynesian free lunch,” warning that a “greek crisis” …
READ MORE“A selection model for 68 countries between 1970 and 1998 is used to test the impact of International Monetary Fund (IMF) programs on international capital markets and examine how agreements are perceived by multinational investors. Results reveal that …
READ MORE“The Bank of Canada today announced that it is raising its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 1/2 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly raised to 3/4 per cent and the deposit rate is kept at 1/4 per cent, thus …
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