Topic: Monetary Policy

“Gold Miners Gain on Fed’s Latest Views”

– September 23, 2010

“Miners such as Newmont (NEM) and Silver Wheaton (SLW) galloped to new highs on Wednesday, as gold prices reached another new peak in the wake of the Fed’s latest comments. The Federal Reserve on Tuesday indicated that it was prepared to pump fresh cas …

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Commitment

– September 22, 2010

“There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.” – Unknown Today’s Atlas Liberty Café fe …

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“Repudiate the National Debt”

– September 22, 2010

“In the spring of 1981, conservative Republicans in the House of Representatives cried. They cried because, in the first flush of the Reagan Revolution that was supposed to bring drastic cuts in taxes and government spending, as well as a balanced budg …

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Devaluing the Dollar

– September 21, 2010

“The historical episodes of hyperinflation that we know of consisted of rapidly falling money demand alongside rapidly rising money supply. In general terms, what tends to happen is that after many years of persistently high monetary inflation, people …

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“Gold Prices Rise Ahead of Fed”

– September 20, 2010

“Gold prices were continuing their climb to $1,300 an ounce as investors bet on the Federal Reserve announcing another round of quantitative easing on Tuesday. If the Fed decides to buy more government bonds and expand the size of its balance sheet, it …

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Capital and Interest: A Critical History of Economical Theory

– September 20, 2010

“The intentionally limited task to which I intend to devote myself in the following pages is that of writing a critical history of the theoretical problem of interest. I shall endeavour to set down in their historical development the scientific efforts …

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“The Radical Banking Reform that Would End the Boom and Bust in Banking”

– September 17, 2010

“We all know what notes and coins are. They allow us to exchange the fruits of our work for the goods of others. When we deposit cash in Bank A – say £100 – we lend this money to the bank. But as soon as you make a deposit it becomes the bank’s. They t …

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Euro Will Unravel, and Soon — AEI

– September 17, 2010

By Desmond Lachman AEI Online Tuesday, September 14, 2010 “The outbreak of a sovereign-debt crisis in the eurozone’s peripheral economies has been among the more important developments in the global economy in 2010. Sadly, this crisis will likely inten …

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Why Gold? — Cato Journal

– September 16, 2010

By Alan Reynolds — Alternative monetary systems cannot be evaluated in isolation, but only in comparison with other arrangements. The question “why gold?” thus divides into two other questions. The first is “compared to what?” The second is “why not?” …

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The Reserve-Currency Curse — WSJ

– September 16, 2010

By John D. Mueller POLITICAL ECONOMY The Wall Street Journal   Publication Date: September 4, 1986 Since 1971 the world has suffered two great inflations and three recessions. Hopes for a world-wide economic expansion have been interrupted once again, …

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“The Political Economy of Crisis Opportunism”

– September 15, 2010

“Like a river suddenly swollen by the collapse of an upstream dam, the ideological current becomes bloated by the public’s fear and apprehension of impending dangers and its heightened uncertainty about future developments. Bewildered people turn to th …

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“Greenspan: Fiscal Stimulus Worked Far Less Than Expected”

– September 15, 2010

“The former head of the Federal Reserve said fiscal stimulus efforts have fallen far short of expectations, and the government now needs to get out of the way and allow businesses and markets to power the recovery. “We have to find a way to simmer down …

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