“Do We Really Need a Central Bank?” – A Talk by Steve Horwitz

– December 16, 2009

Economic Liberty Lecture Series: Steve Horwitz from The Future of Freedom Foundation on Vimeo. Professor Steve Horwitz, Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University, gave a talk entitled, “Do We Really Need a Central Bank?,” during …

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“Asset Bubbles and Their Consequences”

– December 16, 2009

“Asset Bubbles and Their Consequences” Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr. Cato Institute Briefing Papers, May 17, 2008. Via the Cato Institute

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“Subprime Monetary Policy”

– December 16, 2009

“Supbrime Monetary Policy” Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr. The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, November 2007 Via the Cato Institute

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“Money and Monetary Policy for the Twenty-first Century”

– December 9, 2009

This essay challenges the conventional wisdom about money and monetary policy. The role of money in fostering prosperity is a function of the quality, as well as the quantity, of money. Inflation always harms the performance of an economy. Deflations c …

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Two Philosophies of Money

– December 9, 2009

Two Philosophies of Money: The Conflict of Trust and Authority S. Herbert Frankel New York: St. Martin’s Press/Basil Blackwell, 1977.

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The Rationale of Central Banking and the Free Banking Alternative

– December 9, 2009

“In the present century centralised banking systems have come to be regarded as the usual concomitant, if not one of the conditions of the attainment of an advanced stage of economic development. The belief in the desirability of central bank organisat …

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Reflating the Bubble?

– December 9, 2009

Reflating the Bubble ThinkMarkets by Mario Rizzo

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A History of American Currency

– December 9, 2009

A History of American Currency William Graham Sumner New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1884. Via Liberty Fund

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Gold: The Protector and Creator of Jobs

– December 9, 2009

Gold: The Protector and Creator of Jobs For Sound Money Hugo Salinas Price

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“On the Measurement of Zimbabwe’s Hyperinflation”

– December 9, 2009

“On the Measurement of Zimbabwe’s Hyperinflation” Steve Hanke and Alex Kwok Cato Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2 (Spring-Summer, 2009).

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Money, Bank Credit and Economic Cycles

– December 9, 2009

“The economic analysis of juridical institutions has come to the fore in recent years and promises to become one of the most fruitful spheres of economics. Much of the work completed thus far has been strongly influenced by traditional neoclassical ass …

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What You Should Know About Inflation

– December 9, 2009

What You Should Know About Inflation Henry Hazlitt Excerpt provided by the Ludwig von Mises Institute Complete text found here.

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