Free Banking
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In Defense of Interchange Fees
“Interchange fees, long derided as a cost center for vendors that accept credit cards, may serve as a check on hyper-politicized consumer businesses.” ~ Dave Birnbaum
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Where Has All The Lending Gone?
“Will the traditional banking industry quell the quickening spirit of free banking, or will the growing demands for P2P lending services win out?” ~ David Gillette and Caroline Wright
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Decentralization and Bitcoin
“Bitcoin itself is a currency that might best be considered existing in a state of anarchy.” ~ Emile Phaneuf
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The Future of Money & Banking: Bitcoin, Fractional Reserve, and Free Markets (Video)
“In this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand and George Selgin discuss the merits of free banking, Keynesian economics, and the potential for a Bitcoin Standard in a world in which governments have long abused and mismanaged money.” ~ AIER
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Why Does Bitcoin Have Value?
“Think of a world without essential third parties, including the most dangerous third party ever conceived of by man: the state and the central bank. Imagine that future and you begin to grasp the fullness of the implications of our future. Ludwig von Mises would be amazed and surprised at bitcoin. But he might also…
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Gold and Free Banking versus Central Banking
“In the absence of government regulation and monopoly control, a free monetary and banking system would exist; it would not have to be created, designed, or supported. A market-based system would naturally emerge, take form, and develop out of the prior system of monetary central planning.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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Don’t Say Unbanked; Say Differently Banked
Prepaid debit cards issued by retailers like Walmart, the federal government, and banks like Green Dot and Comerica are providing unbanked Americans with a different but fully functional and cost-effective connection to the national payments system.
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Rothbard’s First Impressions on Free Banking in Scotland Were Correct
Nothing in Rothbard’s later view manages to cast doubt on his earlier view and White’s thesis, much less refute them.
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Competition Is the Path to Financial Inclusion
Financial regulators appear to fear the creation of a few, small experimental entrants more than they fear the failure of the nation’s many, uber-risky megabanks.
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Why Financial Inclusion Matters
If members of some group feel excluded from the financial sector, regulators should allow them to form their own financial institutions and give it a go in the marketplace.
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In Defense of Interchange Fees
“Interchange fees, long derided as a cost center for vendors that accept credit cards, may serve as a check on hyper-politicized consumer businesses.” ~ Dave Birnbaum
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Where Has All The Lending Gone?
“Will the traditional banking industry quell the quickening spirit of free banking, or will the growing demands for P2P lending services win out?” ~ David Gillette and Caroline Wright
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Decentralization and Bitcoin
“Bitcoin itself is a currency that might best be considered existing in a state of anarchy.” ~ Emile Phaneuf
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The Future of Money & Banking: Bitcoin, Fractional Reserve, and Free Markets (Video)
“In this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand and George Selgin discuss the merits of free banking, Keynesian economics, and the potential for a Bitcoin Standard in a world in which governments have long abused and mismanaged money.” ~ AIER
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Why Does Bitcoin Have Value?
“Think of a world without essential third parties, including the most dangerous third party ever conceived of by man: the state and the central bank. Imagine that future and you begin to grasp the fullness of the implications of our future. Ludwig von Mises would be amazed and surprised at bitcoin. But he might also…
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Gold and Free Banking versus Central Banking
“In the absence of government regulation and monopoly control, a free monetary and banking system would exist; it would not have to be created, designed, or supported. A market-based system would naturally emerge, take form, and develop out of the prior system of monetary central planning.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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Don’t Say Unbanked; Say Differently Banked
Prepaid debit cards issued by retailers like Walmart, the federal government, and banks like Green Dot and Comerica are providing unbanked Americans with a different but fully functional and cost-effective connection to the national payments system.
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•
Rothbard’s First Impressions on Free Banking in Scotland Were Correct
Nothing in Rothbard’s later view manages to cast doubt on his earlier view and White’s thesis, much less refute them.
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•
Competition Is the Path to Financial Inclusion
Financial regulators appear to fear the creation of a few, small experimental entrants more than they fear the failure of the nation’s many, uber-risky megabanks.
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Why Financial Inclusion Matters
If members of some group feel excluded from the financial sector, regulators should allow them to form their own financial institutions and give it a go in the marketplace.