Topic: Sound Money Project

Monetary Policy Coordination: What Could Go Wrong?

– November 30, 2017

There are two reasons monetary policy cooperation might backfire.

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The War on Cash: What Do You Have to Hide?

– November 28, 2017

Banning cash is inconsistent with the liberal tradition. It is the way of despots.

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Intrinsically Worthless to Whom?

– November 21, 2017

Money is not about one person in isolation. It is social.

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Why Do Mobile Money Services Cooperate?

– November 19, 2017

To anyone familiar with free banking systems, the answer is obvious.

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M-PESA Goes Global

– November 19, 2017

Customers can now send mobile money to those on competing networks.

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Why Do Central Bankers Change Their Tune?

– November 15, 2017

If we want sound money, we cannot afford to ignore the political process.

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Separating the Technology of Bitcoin from the Medium of Exchange

– November 7, 2017

The high price of bitcoin serves as a reminder of its rigid supply, which might ultimately be its undoing.

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Central Bank Independence and a Trumped Up Fed

– November 7, 2017

Economists might wish it were otherwise, but the Fed is not independent.

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Do the Origins of Money Matter?

– November 2, 2017

A whirlwind tour through alternative theories would seem to suggest one fits much more comfortably with a pro-liberty worldview than another.

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Liquidity and Endogenous Money

– November 2, 2017

Financial innovation reduces the costs of transacting and storing wealth.

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Economizing on Cash Balances

– November 2, 2017

Cash can be converted to goods all but instantly, but provides the holder of cash no interest.

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Second Thoughts on Indian Demonetization

– November 1, 2017

Indians accomplished in mere months something that took Europeans ten years.

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