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Lawrence H. White – The Clash of Economic Ideas
George Mason University economist Lawrence H. White is writing a book on The Clash of Economic Ideas. Last summer he gave a lecture, published as a video by New Media, in which he briefly presents the outline of the book, before going more in-depth through one of the chapters, analyzing the differing views among economists…
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Mark Skousen – Vienna and Chicago: Friends or Foes?
In this book prolific writer Mark Skousen presents the Austrian and Chicago school of economics, explaining their main views on money, business cycles and competition.
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An Economy of Liars
Free markets depend on truth telling. Prices must reflect the valuations of consumers; interest rates must be reliable guides to entrepreneurs allocating capital across time; and a firm’s accounts must reflect the true value of the business. Rather than truth telling, we are becoming an economy of liars. The cause is straightforward: crony capitalism. Thomas…
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“Fed Kohn Paper: Crisis Early Warning Requires Better Data”
“While, in hindsight, some of the data available to the Federal Reserve and other authorities gave notice of the financial crisis, more data and a different approach to analyzing them are needed if a reliable ‘early warning system’ for future crises is to be developed, according to research by Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn…
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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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