Gold Standard
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Do Not Trust Governments with the Control of Money
“If Judy Shelton is appointed to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and if she actually espouses and defends the ideas for which she is being condemned by so many of those ‘mainstream’ economists today, it may be a useful step to the societal transformation to a freer society, a key long run element of…
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Paul Krugman’s Ad Hominem Defense of Central Banking
“Paul Krugman may hide behind rude and crude ad hominem attacks on those who do not share his views, but that does not prove his case. It only serves to harm his own reputation and legitimacy in the arena of public policy debate.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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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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Global Money Supply Growth and the Great Inflation Getaway
“Maintenance of the level of employment rather than inflation has become the focus of official policy everywhere. Stimulus will continue until employment is restored to its pre-crisis level and there remains a colossal debt overhang to temper inflationary tendencies, but there is a real and present danger that, in the process of returning the economy…
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Krugman and the Goldbugs
Many economists have strong opinions about the gold standard. Few seem to understand how a gold standard functions.
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Is There Such a Thing as a Free-Market Gold Standard?
Although the multiplication of national gold standards that gave rise to the classical gold standard was partly accidental and partly the outcome of deliberate legislation, market forces also played an important part in it.
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The Workings of the Gold Standard
Interventionist monetary policies, intending to lower interest rates to boost the economy or increase employment, are circumscribed.
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Back the Libra with Gold, Says Steve Forbes
The Libra could be to money and finance what Henry Ford was to automobiles.
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Government, Gold, and Separating Money From the State
Money did not originate in the laws or decrees of kings and princes. Money, as the generally accepted medium of exchange, emerged out of the market transactions of a growing number of buyers and sellers in an expanding arena of trade.
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Voting Is Not Self-Expression
Voting may be many things, but the least of them is self-expression. Conceding the sufficiency of multi-billion dollar political contests among highly vetted, meticulously-coached candidates is a guaranteed road to self-negation.
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Do Not Trust Governments with the Control of Money
“If Judy Shelton is appointed to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and if she actually espouses and defends the ideas for which she is being condemned by so many of those ‘mainstream’ economists today, it may be a useful step to the societal transformation to a freer society, a key long run element of…
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Paul Krugman’s Ad Hominem Defense of Central Banking
“Paul Krugman may hide behind rude and crude ad hominem attacks on those who do not share his views, but that does not prove his case. It only serves to harm his own reputation and legitimacy in the arena of public policy debate.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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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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Global Money Supply Growth and the Great Inflation Getaway
“Maintenance of the level of employment rather than inflation has become the focus of official policy everywhere. Stimulus will continue until employment is restored to its pre-crisis level and there remains a colossal debt overhang to temper inflationary tendencies, but there is a real and present danger that, in the process of returning the economy…
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•
Krugman and the Goldbugs
Many economists have strong opinions about the gold standard. Few seem to understand how a gold standard functions.
-
•
Is There Such a Thing as a Free-Market Gold Standard?
Although the multiplication of national gold standards that gave rise to the classical gold standard was partly accidental and partly the outcome of deliberate legislation, market forces also played an important part in it.
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•
The Workings of the Gold Standard
Interventionist monetary policies, intending to lower interest rates to boost the economy or increase employment, are circumscribed.
-
•
Back the Libra with Gold, Says Steve Forbes
The Libra could be to money and finance what Henry Ford was to automobiles.
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•
Government, Gold, and Separating Money From the State
Money did not originate in the laws or decrees of kings and princes. Money, as the generally accepted medium of exchange, emerged out of the market transactions of a growing number of buyers and sellers in an expanding arena of trade.
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•
Voting Is Not Self-Expression
Voting may be many things, but the least of them is self-expression. Conceding the sufficiency of multi-billion dollar political contests among highly vetted, meticulously-coached candidates is a guaranteed road to self-negation.