Sound Money
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“Sovereign Debt Concerns Weigh on Euro”
“The euro came under pressure as worries over the finances of countries on the edges of the eurozone continued to undermine the single currency. While the cost of insuring against a default in Portuguese, Greek and Spanish government debt has risen sharply, Ireland has become the main focus of investors’ concerns. The cost of protecting…
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“The Federal Reserve’s latest quantitative easing may lead to disaster”
“The Fed could have sat tight to see whether the slowdown in growth in the second and third quarters of 2010 was temporary. Most of the economic news since the idea of more QE was first floated in August has been better than expected, if not exactly earth-shattering. Friday’s employment figures continued that trend. The…
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Democracy in Deficit
“Vol. 8 of The Collected Works. Democracy in Deficit is one of the early comprehensive attempts to apply the basic principles of public-choice analysis to macroeconomic theory and policy. The book serves to bolster Buchanan’s central beliefs in the necessity of a balanced-budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution and in monetary rules rather than central…
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“Fed to Buy $600 Billion of Treasurys”
“The Federal Reserve Wednesday unveiled a controversial new plan to buy U.S. Treasurys, hoping to spur growth in a disappointingly slow U.S. economy. After two days of discussions, Fed officials decided to go ahead with a much anticipated program, saying they will buy $600 billion of U.S. government debt over the next eight months. The…
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“Fear of Currency War Grows as US Dollar’s Value Falls”
“Is this a currency war or what?… In Washington, where a “strong dollar” has been the mantra for years, policymakers are taking steps that could make the already weak dollar weaker still… The dollar’s decline is being driven by what everyone in global markets is expecting — another round of so-called quantitative easing by the…
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“America’s ‘Plan’ to Destabilize China”
“In early October, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao addressed European leaders in Brussels. Ominous talk of currency wars dominated the proceedings. And why not? After all, America — and a growing coalition of forces — has mounted a massive attack on China. And the Americanled coalition’s weapon of choice is the renminbi- U.S. dollar exchange rate.…
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“Toward a Free-Market Money”
“Despite the overwhelming evidence that markets perform best when left alone by the government, it is still virtually taken for granted that one consumer product should be completely controlled by every government in the world. One product, so ubiquitous, that it’s used by almost everyone in the world on a daily basis: money. Money is…
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Sound Money at the Liberty Forum! Nov. 10
In The Constitution of Liberty, F.A. Hayek advised: “All those who wish to stop the drift toward increasing government control should concentrate their effort on monetary policy”. Sound Money will have a special panel during Atlas’s upcoming Liberty Forum on Wednesday, November 10, at 9:00am. The Sound Money session will feature talks by: Judy Shelton…
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Liberty Forum and Freedom Dinner, November 9 & 10, 2010
Join hundreds of freedom’s allies at the world’s largest gathering of free market champions from the United States and around the globe. Atlas’s annual Liberty Forum has become a “must-attend” event for members of the worldwide think tank community. Now in its 10th year and moved to November to complement our annual Freedom Dinner, the…
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Richard Ebeling to Present at Northwood University – Nov. 2
Northwood University’s Forum for Citizenship and Enterprise, in partnership with the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, will host a lecture by Northwood University Professor Richard Ebeling on the importance of sound money for a free society. The lecture is titled “Ending Monetary Socialism: Gold, Sound Money, and the Free Society.” The event will be held on…
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“Sovereign Debt Concerns Weigh on Euro”
“The euro came under pressure as worries over the finances of countries on the edges of the eurozone continued to undermine the single currency. While the cost of insuring against a default in Portuguese, Greek and Spanish government debt has risen sharply, Ireland has become the main focus of investors’ concerns. The cost of protecting…
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“The Federal Reserve’s latest quantitative easing may lead to disaster”
“The Fed could have sat tight to see whether the slowdown in growth in the second and third quarters of 2010 was temporary. Most of the economic news since the idea of more QE was first floated in August has been better than expected, if not exactly earth-shattering. Friday’s employment figures continued that trend. The…
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Democracy in Deficit
“Vol. 8 of The Collected Works. Democracy in Deficit is one of the early comprehensive attempts to apply the basic principles of public-choice analysis to macroeconomic theory and policy. The book serves to bolster Buchanan’s central beliefs in the necessity of a balanced-budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution and in monetary rules rather than central…
-
“Fed to Buy $600 Billion of Treasurys”
“The Federal Reserve Wednesday unveiled a controversial new plan to buy U.S. Treasurys, hoping to spur growth in a disappointingly slow U.S. economy. After two days of discussions, Fed officials decided to go ahead with a much anticipated program, saying they will buy $600 billion of U.S. government debt over the next eight months. The…
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“Fear of Currency War Grows as US Dollar’s Value Falls”
“Is this a currency war or what?… In Washington, where a “strong dollar” has been the mantra for years, policymakers are taking steps that could make the already weak dollar weaker still… The dollar’s decline is being driven by what everyone in global markets is expecting — another round of so-called quantitative easing by the…
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“America’s ‘Plan’ to Destabilize China”
“In early October, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao addressed European leaders in Brussels. Ominous talk of currency wars dominated the proceedings. And why not? After all, America — and a growing coalition of forces — has mounted a massive attack on China. And the Americanled coalition’s weapon of choice is the renminbi- U.S. dollar exchange rate.…
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“Toward a Free-Market Money”
“Despite the overwhelming evidence that markets perform best when left alone by the government, it is still virtually taken for granted that one consumer product should be completely controlled by every government in the world. One product, so ubiquitous, that it’s used by almost everyone in the world on a daily basis: money. Money is…
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Sound Money at the Liberty Forum! Nov. 10
In The Constitution of Liberty, F.A. Hayek advised: “All those who wish to stop the drift toward increasing government control should concentrate their effort on monetary policy”. Sound Money will have a special panel during Atlas’s upcoming Liberty Forum on Wednesday, November 10, at 9:00am. The Sound Money session will feature talks by: Judy Shelton…
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Liberty Forum and Freedom Dinner, November 9 & 10, 2010
Join hundreds of freedom’s allies at the world’s largest gathering of free market champions from the United States and around the globe. Atlas’s annual Liberty Forum has become a “must-attend” event for members of the worldwide think tank community. Now in its 10th year and moved to November to complement our annual Freedom Dinner, the…
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Richard Ebeling to Present at Northwood University – Nov. 2
Northwood University’s Forum for Citizenship and Enterprise, in partnership with the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, will host a lecture by Northwood University Professor Richard Ebeling on the importance of sound money for a free society. The lecture is titled “Ending Monetary Socialism: Gold, Sound Money, and the Free Society.” The event will be held on…
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