The Fed’s balance sheet crowds out bank lending, stifling economic growth.
READ MOREBanning Bitcoin might have the unintended consequence of causing the average citizen to think a lot harder about why governments have a monopoly on currency in the first place.
READ MOREThe price of bitcoin has soared and many are left scratching their heads.
READ MORECoinage provided an easy-to-assess standard. It also presented a significant temptation for the fiscal authority.
READ MOREIs bitcoin based on a Marxist theory of value?
READ MOREChartalists are right: debt preceded money. But that fact doesn’t do the work they think it does.
READ MOREThere are two reasons monetary policy cooperation might backfire.
READ MOREBanning cash is inconsistent with the liberal tradition. It is the way of despots.
READ MOREMoney is not about one person in isolation. It is social.
READ MORETo anyone familiar with free banking systems, the answer is obvious.
READ MORECustomers can now send mobile money to those on competing networks.
READ MOREIf we want sound money, we cannot afford to ignore the political process.
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