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    Why Gold? — Cato Journal

    By Alan Reynolds — Alternative monetary systems cannot be evaluated in isolation, but only in comparison with other arrangements. The question “why gold?” thus divides into two other questions. The first is “compared to what?” The second is “why not?”  Criticism of gold usually considers the second question first, as though a superior option was…

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    The Reserve-Currency Curse — WSJ

    By John D. Mueller POLITICAL ECONOMY The Wall Street Journal   Publication Date: September 4, 1986 Since 1971 the world has suffered two great inflations and three recessions. Hopes for a world-wide economic expansion have been interrupted once again, by an economic slowdown and the threat of a trade war. Will the world ever settle down to…

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    The Gold Standard: The Case for Another Look — WSJ

    By SEAN FIELER AND JEFFREY BELL Washington’s elites are quietly preparing a post-election fiscal compromise that will fund much of President Barack Obama’s domestic spending agenda with huge tax increases. They aim to create a value-added tax and will argue that there is no alternative even though doing so will leave the United States resembling…

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    “The Political Economy of Crisis Opportunism”

    “Like a river suddenly swollen by the collapse of an upstream dam, the ideological current becomes bloated by the public’s fear and apprehension of impending dangers and its heightened uncertainty about future developments. Bewildered people turn to the government to resolve the situation, demanding that government officials “do something” to repair the damage already done…

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    To the Tea Partiers: End Imperialism, Take the Money Back — Daily Caller

    By Luis Tellez — Increasingly obvious perils of government debt have given rise to public concern, and even alarm. Though some people argue the alarm is exaggerated, there is a growing segment of the population that is thinking long and hard about the future of our country in ways we have not seen before. In…

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    “Greenspan: Fiscal Stimulus Worked Far Less Than Expected”

    “The former head of the Federal Reserve said fiscal stimulus efforts have fallen far short of expectations, and the government now needs to get out of the way and allow businesses and markets to power the recovery. “We have to find a way to simmer down the extent of activism that is going on” with…

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    Atlas Liberty Cafe with Peter Boettke

    Please join us for September’s edition of the Atlas Liberty Café on Wednesday, September 22, from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM, at the Cato Institute.  Liberty Café seeks to bring together allies with interests in worldwide issues to (1) share perspectives on global developments, and (2) provide opportunites for networking and discovering synergies. This month’s…

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    “Golden Opportunity for Social Security”

    “The time has come to get our financial situation in order. I’m not talking about the pros and cons of another stimulus or if the Bush/Obama plans “worked” or not, but a more substantive proposal. Let’s get some of our gold back from the International Monetary Fund, monetize it, and put it in the Social…

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    “Regulators Tighten Bank Capital Rules”

    “Global authorities have settled on their punishment for banks’ role in the financial crisis: a future encumbered by the burden of significantly heavier reserves that will impede the impulse to seek profit through excessive risk taking. Senior regulators from 27 countries agreed on Sunday at a meeting in Basel, Switzerland, that lenders should be forced…

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    China’s Real Monetary Problem — WSJ

    REVIEW & OUTLOOK — A bipartisan swarm pounded Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Capitol Hill yesterday for not doing enough to stop China’s supposed money mischief. The sessions made clear that pressure is building to impose punitive tariffs on Chinese goods if the yuan doesn’t appreciate in value. While it’s true that China’s monetary policy…