Sound Money Project
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“China Cools Lending Pace”
“China hopes cooling the pace of lending will keep its economy growing without creating inflation and overheating.” See the CNN video here. “China Cools Lending Pace” CNN, January 25, 2010.
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“The Fed’s Anti-Inflation Exit Strategy Will Fail”
“Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has explained his exit strategy to prevent future inflation. The Fed recently began to pay interest to banks on the reserves they hold in their vaults. Using this new tool, it claims the ability to get banks to keep the money instead of lending it out, thus containing the money…
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A History of the Federal Reserve: 1913-1951
“A history of the Federal Reserve is a history of the decisions made and the ideas that prompted them. The chapters that follow allow the participants to explain their action and the reasons for them, in their own words. These decisions produced very different results: a steep postwar recession in 1929-21, a period of stability…
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“Federal Government Continues Its Money Monopoly”
“Prices rise soonest, fastest, and highest where the money is being loaned out. During the realestate boom until 2007, much of the lending went to real estate, and land values zoomed up. The Federal Reserve money monopoly does not just inflate the currency, but causes distortions that end up in recessions such as the current…
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“Freedom and Sound Money”
“In all countries of the so-called ‘free world,’ money represents nowadays a government controlled irredeemable paper, or ‘fiat,’ money standard. The widely held view is that this money system would be compatible with the ideal of a free society and conducive to sustainable output and employment growth. To be sure, there are voices calling for…
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Change Policy, Not Blame
The Obama administration thinks it has found the cure all for its economic woes. The solution: regulate, restrict and play God in the economy. (Not exactly a new strategy for government.) In usual fashion, government regulations and Fed policies bring about unintended consequences, and the blame is pushed elsewhere. With the economy still limping, the…
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“The U.K.’s Persistent Inflation Problem”
“The U.K.’s economic policy puzzle just got harder. Inflation was expected to rise in December, but not by a full percentage point to 2.9%. That is well above market expectations of 2.6% and the Bank of England’s forecast of about 2.7%. It certainly puts the kibosh on any extension of quantitative easing beyond February, no…
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“The Dynamics of Disintervention”
“Examples of the move from piecemeal to comprehensive intervention are found in the 1930s after the collapse of social democratic policies in Weimar Germany and in the United States after the failed interventions of the Hoover administration. Both events heralded even more radical (and tragic) interventions. What we witnessed in 2008 in the housing and…
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Cato Capitol Hill Briefing: What Caused the Recession?
On February 5, 2010, our friends at the Cato Institute will be hosting a Capitol Hill Briefing, “Greed, Irresponsibility, or Policy Mistakes: What Caused the Recession?”. Go here for more information and registration. The deadline to register is Thursday, February 4, 2010.
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FEE Interview With Peter Boettke and Steven Horwitz
Mike Van Winkle interviews Professors Peter Boettke and Steven Horwitz, co-authors of the recent FEE monograph “The House That Uncle Sam Built,” about what led to the financial meltdown and the Great Recession of 2008. Go here for more. FEE Interview With Peter Boettke and Steven Horwitz Mike Van Winkle First Principles, Episode 17…
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“China Cools Lending Pace”
“China hopes cooling the pace of lending will keep its economy growing without creating inflation and overheating.” See the CNN video here. “China Cools Lending Pace” CNN, January 25, 2010.
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“The Fed’s Anti-Inflation Exit Strategy Will Fail”
“Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has explained his exit strategy to prevent future inflation. The Fed recently began to pay interest to banks on the reserves they hold in their vaults. Using this new tool, it claims the ability to get banks to keep the money instead of lending it out, thus containing the money…
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A History of the Federal Reserve: 1913-1951
“A history of the Federal Reserve is a history of the decisions made and the ideas that prompted them. The chapters that follow allow the participants to explain their action and the reasons for them, in their own words. These decisions produced very different results: a steep postwar recession in 1929-21, a period of stability…
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“Federal Government Continues Its Money Monopoly”
“Prices rise soonest, fastest, and highest where the money is being loaned out. During the realestate boom until 2007, much of the lending went to real estate, and land values zoomed up. The Federal Reserve money monopoly does not just inflate the currency, but causes distortions that end up in recessions such as the current…
-
“Freedom and Sound Money”
“In all countries of the so-called ‘free world,’ money represents nowadays a government controlled irredeemable paper, or ‘fiat,’ money standard. The widely held view is that this money system would be compatible with the ideal of a free society and conducive to sustainable output and employment growth. To be sure, there are voices calling for…
-
Change Policy, Not Blame
The Obama administration thinks it has found the cure all for its economic woes. The solution: regulate, restrict and play God in the economy. (Not exactly a new strategy for government.) In usual fashion, government regulations and Fed policies bring about unintended consequences, and the blame is pushed elsewhere. With the economy still limping, the…
-
“The U.K.’s Persistent Inflation Problem”
“The U.K.’s economic policy puzzle just got harder. Inflation was expected to rise in December, but not by a full percentage point to 2.9%. That is well above market expectations of 2.6% and the Bank of England’s forecast of about 2.7%. It certainly puts the kibosh on any extension of quantitative easing beyond February, no…
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“The Dynamics of Disintervention”
“Examples of the move from piecemeal to comprehensive intervention are found in the 1930s after the collapse of social democratic policies in Weimar Germany and in the United States after the failed interventions of the Hoover administration. Both events heralded even more radical (and tragic) interventions. What we witnessed in 2008 in the housing and…
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Cato Capitol Hill Briefing: What Caused the Recession?
On February 5, 2010, our friends at the Cato Institute will be hosting a Capitol Hill Briefing, “Greed, Irresponsibility, or Policy Mistakes: What Caused the Recession?”. Go here for more information and registration. The deadline to register is Thursday, February 4, 2010.
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FEE Interview With Peter Boettke and Steven Horwitz
Mike Van Winkle interviews Professors Peter Boettke and Steven Horwitz, co-authors of the recent FEE monograph “The House That Uncle Sam Built,” about what led to the financial meltdown and the Great Recession of 2008. Go here for more. FEE Interview With Peter Boettke and Steven Horwitz Mike Van Winkle First Principles, Episode 17…
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