Topic: Sound Money

Judy Shelton recommends China to engage in monetary reform on Live TV

– September 6, 2011

The co-director of the Sound Money Project at Atlas, Judy Shelton, recommends the Chinese government to engage in monetary reform.  Other aspects of the interview are also very constructive.  Watch this short video on http://english.cntv.cn/program/chi …

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Monetary Summit Today in Utah

– August 30, 2011

I am planning to join some of the sharpest minds in business, finance, politics, law and economics, who are working to promote a framework for the future of monetary policy.  With the dollar’s slide accelerating and the economy trapped by slow growth a …

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Congressman Mike Pence and Judy Shelton on the destructive moral and economic effects of monetary manipulation

– August 25, 2011

Atlas and FreedomWorks, each with its own mission, work to promote educational programs in favor of sound money, this 5 min video Congressman Mike Pence and Judy Shelton on Sound Money has Congressman Mike Pence and Judy Shelton, co-director and great …

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The shrinking dollar: who should go to the shrink?

– August 22, 2011

Until recently, paper money advocates regarded those who pushed for letting the market choose gold or defining the monetary yardstick as a certain amount of gold as lunatics.  Look at this video and see who should be sent to the psychiatrist http://www …

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Antony Fisher on sound money

– August 9, 2011

Antony Fisher, the founder of Atlas, was studying and writing about economics before the founding of the IEA or attending the Mont Pelerin Society.   In or before 1948 he wrote: “Paper currencies are not foolproof and can be used to conceal unpleasant …

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The Euro’s Problems Are Fundamental

– August 1, 2011

Theories abound about why the Eurozone’s currency is flawed. But most diagnoses ignore the simple source of the euro’s problems: It’s fiat money.

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Pushing on a String

– July 29, 2011

Monetary policy can’t stimulate the economy unless people are willing to borrow and banks are willing to lend. Guess what’s not happening.

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Gold Standard or Bust

– July 25, 2011

Article and photo originally published at The Weekly Standard August 1, 2011 As the truth-or-dare battle over raising the debt ceiling moves toward a resolution of some sort, we are witnessing a unique political moment, with attention finally riveted o …

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Return of the Gold Standard as World Order Unravels

– July 18, 2011

Article and photo originally found at The Telegraph, July 18, 2011, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard As the twin pillars of international monetary system threaten to come tumbling down in unison, gold has reclaimed its ancient status as the anchor of stability. …

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Guía para el Buen Dinero

– July 13, 2011

The Atlas Economic Research Foundation is proud to introduce the Spanish translation of A Guide to Sound Money, Guía para el Buen Dinero. Atlas would like to thank Luis Loria, an Atlas Think Tank MBA alumnus and President of the Asociación Nacional de …

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The Perfect Protection of Prodding and Printing, Part II

– July 12, 2011

“In the absence of a gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value. If there were, the government would have to make its holding illegal…”

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Sovereign Debt Pressure

– July 7, 2011

The European countries seem to be facing a road with no easy exit. One on side they are facing fiscal deficits. On other side they are already dealing with an important debt amount that can hardly be sustained, as the case of Greece is showing these da …

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