Sound Money Project
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“The Financial Crisis Grinch”
Our friends at the Cato Institute have offered this podcast on the financial crisis. “The Financial Crisis Grinch” Featuring Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr. Novermber 24, 2008.
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A Week of Travels
The past week has been a busy one for Atlas and the Sound Money project. Since last Thursday, we have traveled from D.C. to Philadelphia to Las Vegas. It has been a hectic, but rewarding journey. The Sound Money project has been gaining support at each of its stops. We would like to thank all…
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Mark Skousen – The Making of Modern Economics
Good introductory text to the intellectual history of economics
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Larry White to Lecture at GMU!
Date: Monday, April 19, 2010 Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm Location: George Mason University — SUB II, Room 7 Address: 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA The GMU Economics Society & the Atlas Sound Money Project invite you to attend a lecture with GMU Prof. Lawrence H. White on “What is Sound Money and How…
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Ferguson and Rogoff on the financial crisis
In this video panel on Bloomberg.com, economic historian and author The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson, discusses the financial crisis and global recession with economist and author of This Time Is Different, Kenneth Rogoff. They both warn that the global crisis is not yet over, and that a fiscal crisis may very well impact the…
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Florin Aftalion – The French Revolution: An Economic Interpretation
In this monograph, French economist Florin Aftalion sets out to rectify a great omission in most historical accounts of the French Revolution, namely to look at how economic, and especially monetary forces helped shape the dynamics of the revolution. Book description: “The economic history of revolutionary France is still a neglected area in studies of…
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The Swinging Pendulum
On Monday, April 5, the Future of Freedom Foundation and the George Mason University Econ Society hosted a lecture1 by Dr. Richard Ebeling, professor of economics at Northwood University and former president of the Foundation for Economic Education. Dr. Ebeling is an excellent speaker, eloquent and motivated, and this lecture did not disappoint. According to…
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John Munro – The Monetary Origins of the ‘Price Revolution’
In this paper, John Munro of the Department of Economics, University of Toronto revisits the historical debate on the origins of the price revolution of the 16th century. Though some historians and economists have claimed that this event was caused by population growth, Munro clearly demonstrates that the origins were monetary and not demographic. He…
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We Are Not All Keynesians Now
The financial crisis and global recession has brought traditional Keynesian policies back to the fore. However, not all economists are Keynesians now.
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Hyperinflation
“Inflation is a sustained increase in the aggregate price level. Hyperinflation is very high inflation. Although the threshold is arbitrary, economists generally reserve the term ‘hyperinflation’ to describe episodes when the monthly inflation rate is greater than 50 percent. At a monthly rate of 50 percent, an item that cost $1 on January 1 would…
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“The Financial Crisis Grinch”
Our friends at the Cato Institute have offered this podcast on the financial crisis. “The Financial Crisis Grinch” Featuring Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr. Novermber 24, 2008.
-
A Week of Travels
The past week has been a busy one for Atlas and the Sound Money project. Since last Thursday, we have traveled from D.C. to Philadelphia to Las Vegas. It has been a hectic, but rewarding journey. The Sound Money project has been gaining support at each of its stops. We would like to thank all…
-
Mark Skousen – The Making of Modern Economics
Good introductory text to the intellectual history of economics
-
Larry White to Lecture at GMU!
Date: Monday, April 19, 2010 Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm Location: George Mason University — SUB II, Room 7 Address: 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA The GMU Economics Society & the Atlas Sound Money Project invite you to attend a lecture with GMU Prof. Lawrence H. White on “What is Sound Money and How…
-
Ferguson and Rogoff on the financial crisis
In this video panel on Bloomberg.com, economic historian and author The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson, discusses the financial crisis and global recession with economist and author of This Time Is Different, Kenneth Rogoff. They both warn that the global crisis is not yet over, and that a fiscal crisis may very well impact the…
-
Florin Aftalion – The French Revolution: An Economic Interpretation
In this monograph, French economist Florin Aftalion sets out to rectify a great omission in most historical accounts of the French Revolution, namely to look at how economic, and especially monetary forces helped shape the dynamics of the revolution. Book description: “The economic history of revolutionary France is still a neglected area in studies of…
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The Swinging Pendulum
On Monday, April 5, the Future of Freedom Foundation and the George Mason University Econ Society hosted a lecture1 by Dr. Richard Ebeling, professor of economics at Northwood University and former president of the Foundation for Economic Education. Dr. Ebeling is an excellent speaker, eloquent and motivated, and this lecture did not disappoint. According to…
-
John Munro – The Monetary Origins of the ‘Price Revolution’
In this paper, John Munro of the Department of Economics, University of Toronto revisits the historical debate on the origins of the price revolution of the 16th century. Though some historians and economists have claimed that this event was caused by population growth, Munro clearly demonstrates that the origins were monetary and not demographic. He…
-
We Are Not All Keynesians Now
The financial crisis and global recession has brought traditional Keynesian policies back to the fore. However, not all economists are Keynesians now.
-
Hyperinflation
“Inflation is a sustained increase in the aggregate price level. Hyperinflation is very high inflation. Although the threshold is arbitrary, economists generally reserve the term ‘hyperinflation’ to describe episodes when the monthly inflation rate is greater than 50 percent. At a monthly rate of 50 percent, an item that cost $1 on January 1 would…
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