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Fiscal Policy, Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Ryan: Boon or Bane for U.S. Dollar?

– August 17, 2012

Good news: Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan may put the focus of the presidential campaign on the sustainability of the U.S. budget. Bad news: Ryan’s plan delivers some tough medicine.

Sound Banking, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Reality Check: Is Rep. Paul Ryan Actually A Big Spender? His “Principle” Problem

– August 16, 2012

Ben Swann of Fox19 in Cincinnati has been doing some great work recently. Here he discusses VP candidate Paul Ryan’s record of voting for spending bills, e.g. TARP, the auto bailouts, Medicare Part D, etc. Although Ryan has said all of the right things …

Central Banking, Currency, Gold Standard, Monetary Policy, Sound Banking, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Led by Rep. Ron Paul, Congress Explores Sound Money

– August 6, 2012

As concerns over the U.S. dollar and the Federal Reserve continue to grow, U.S. lawmakers are exploring sound money, competing currencies, and the route to monetary freedom.

Fiscal Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Achieving Sound Money (from the archives of Antony Fisher)

– July 27, 2012

The good students of economic history marvel at how often human beings commit the same mistakes. In a draft about “How to Achieve a Sound Money (and avoid the Road to Serfdom)”, Antony Fisher quotes then British Prime Minister Callaghan. In The Wal …

Central Banking, Fiscal Policy, International, Monetary Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Money, Where’s the Money?

– July 23, 2012

Why is money supply failing to grow?

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

Treasury Probe Cites Officials

– July 16, 2012

Treasury Department officials have been cited for soliciting prostitutes, breaking conflict-of-interest rules and accepting gifts from corporate executives, according to the findings of official government investigations.

Central Banking, Currency, Gold Standard, Inflation, International, Monetary Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Our Money is Dying

– July 10, 2012

A question on the minds of many people today (increasingly those who manage or invest money professionally) is this: How do I preserve wealth during a period of intense official intervention in and manipulation of money supply, price, and asset markets?

Currency, Gold Standard, Inflation, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

The Cultural and Spiritual Legacy of Fiat Money

– June 29, 2012

The notion that inflation is harmful is a staple of economic science. But most textbooks underrate the extent of the harm, because they define inflation much too narrowly as a lasting decrease of the purchasing power of money

Currency, Free Markets, Gold Standard, History, Inflation, Sound Banking, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

A Free-Market Monetary System

– June 25, 2012

When a little over two years ago, at the second Lausanne Conference of this group, I threw out, almost as a sort of bitter joke, that there was no hope of ever again having decent money, unless we took from government the monopoly of issuing money and handed it over to private industry, I took it only half seriously.

Central Banking, Economic Growth, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

It’s the Money Supply, Stupid!

– June 21, 2012

During the 1992 presidential campaign, former President Clinton’s rallying cry was “It’s the Economy, Stupid.” He sang it to perfection and won the election. Today, the smart politicians (and economists) should realize that “It’s the Money Supply, Stupid.”

Central Banking, Currency, Gold Standard, Inflation, International, Monetary Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Gold and The Central Banks: The Game Theory

– May 24, 2012

“Collectively, the central bankers of the world might agree that they do not want gold to be remonetized. Individually, it is in their interest to defect from this consensus. As the American Century decays, individual motivations tend to become more prominent. You and I are not in a free market – but the central banks are.”

Currency, Gold Standard, Inflation, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Can We Get Inflation AND Deflation at the Same Time?

– May 23, 2012

The current financial crisis, may progress to a phase where people demand and hoard dollar bills but take electronic deposit credits only at a discount which increases until electronic deposit credits are repudiated entirely.