Monetary Policy
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Edward Stringham on Fed Policy (Video)
The Federal Reserve raises interest rates despite pressure from President Trump. Watch AIER President Edward Stringham discussing the Fed decision on Fox Business.
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It’s a Snap to Abolish the Fed
Wouldn’t the world fall apart? Not at all. I predict that the news would be front page for the usual 48-hour news cycle and then the world would move on. No big deal. There is no downside. And a huge upside. All it requires is some political courage.
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Two Treatises On Competitive Currency and Banking by Lysander Spooner (full text), edited by Phil Magness
By making these lost Spooner treatises available again after more than a century in seclusion, it is my hope that they will both further our historical understanding of the time in which they were written and offer relevant insights to the evolution of economic ideas in the present day.
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Free Societies Don’t Need the Fed’s Managers
The public discourse concerning the state of the financial system that once took place in trade associations and committees of concerned citizens has disappeared, replaced by a cold and sterile managerialism practiced by an insular and self-perpetuating macroeconomic elite.
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What Happened at Bretton Woods?
At the end of the Second World War, the United States assumed the helm of global leadership at the international monetary conference at Bretton Woods in the New Hampshire in 1944. The purpose of this conference was to determine the principles of the postwar currency regime.
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Tether again Breaks the Buck
Under ideal conditions, stablecoins would come to exist due to pure market demand rather than as a reflection of the regulatory climate that has limited access to conventional banking services.
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Whose Economy is it, Anyway?
The essence of economics is far too complex to accredit to a politician.
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Three Solid Movies on the 2008 Crisis
The most well-known of the movies on the 2008 financial crisis is also the weakest. On the other hand, there are two wonderful films about it that deal with both the difficult times for traders and the underlying causes.
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The Myth of Fed Independence
“Presidential attempts to influence the Fed did not start with, and will not end with, the current Chief Executive.” ~ Pete Earle
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Green Stamps and the Long History of Other Money-Like Things
Money is not just what the government says it is. The market has been struggling to create alternatives for a very long time.
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Edward Stringham on Fed Policy (Video)
The Federal Reserve raises interest rates despite pressure from President Trump. Watch AIER President Edward Stringham discussing the Fed decision on Fox Business.
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It’s a Snap to Abolish the Fed
Wouldn’t the world fall apart? Not at all. I predict that the news would be front page for the usual 48-hour news cycle and then the world would move on. No big deal. There is no downside. And a huge upside. All it requires is some political courage.
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Two Treatises On Competitive Currency and Banking by Lysander Spooner (full text), edited by Phil Magness
By making these lost Spooner treatises available again after more than a century in seclusion, it is my hope that they will both further our historical understanding of the time in which they were written and offer relevant insights to the evolution of economic ideas in the present day.
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•
Free Societies Don’t Need the Fed’s Managers
The public discourse concerning the state of the financial system that once took place in trade associations and committees of concerned citizens has disappeared, replaced by a cold and sterile managerialism practiced by an insular and self-perpetuating macroeconomic elite.
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•
What Happened at Bretton Woods?
At the end of the Second World War, the United States assumed the helm of global leadership at the international monetary conference at Bretton Woods in the New Hampshire in 1944. The purpose of this conference was to determine the principles of the postwar currency regime.
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•
Tether again Breaks the Buck
Under ideal conditions, stablecoins would come to exist due to pure market demand rather than as a reflection of the regulatory climate that has limited access to conventional banking services.
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•
Whose Economy is it, Anyway?
The essence of economics is far too complex to accredit to a politician.
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•
Three Solid Movies on the 2008 Crisis
The most well-known of the movies on the 2008 financial crisis is also the weakest. On the other hand, there are two wonderful films about it that deal with both the difficult times for traders and the underlying causes.
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•
The Myth of Fed Independence
“Presidential attempts to influence the Fed did not start with, and will not end with, the current Chief Executive.” ~ Pete Earle
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•
Green Stamps and the Long History of Other Money-Like Things
Money is not just what the government says it is. The market has been struggling to create alternatives for a very long time.