Topic: Sound Money Project

Central Banking, Free Banking, Monetary Policy, Sound Money Project

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 …

Inflation, Sound Money Project

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

Currency, Gold Standard, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

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.

History, Sound Money Project

Theory of Money and Credit

– December 9, 2009

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Economic Myths and Irrelevancy

– December 9, 2009

Economic Myths and Irrelevancy A Minority View by Walter Williams

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The Ethics of Money Production

– December 9, 2009

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Fiat Money Inflation in France

– December 9, 2009

Fiat Money Inflation in France: How it came, what brought it and how it ended Andrew Dickinson White New York: D. Appelton & Co., 1896. Via Liberty Fund

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Where’s that Inflation

– December 9, 2009

Inflation is the result of more dollars chasing the same number of (or fewer) goods. As the Nobel laureate Milton Friedman put it, in one of his main contributions to “monetarist” economics, inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon—that is, it’s caused by an expansion in the supply of money or credit. So why haven’t we seen inflation in 2009? Are we looking in the wrong places, or is it time to update monetarist theory?