Should governments impose stricter regulations on large firms?
byFrenchman Jean Tirole of the University of Toulouse won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for devising methods to improve regulation of industries…
Law
Understanding Deposit Insurance (I): Deposit Insurance is a Creature of the State
byDeposit insurance is one of the most misunderstood – and also most dangerous – forms of government intervention into the financial system. Let’s…
A difficult question
byIn a radio interview recently* I was asked a question to which I could not easily give a satisfactory reply: if the gold market…
Bank Run Incentive, Central Bank Bankruptcy, and The Fallacy of the Credit Theory of Money
by[Editor’s Note: this is from the World Dollar Foundation, and can be found here] Part 1: The Bank Run Incentive There is an incentive…
Signs Of The Fed’s Era Of Secrecy Coming To An End
byThe Federal Reserve increasingly is attracting scrutiny across the board. Now add to that a roller coaster of a thriller, using a miracle of…
Understanding Argentina’s Coming Default
by[Editor’s note: this piece first appeared on mises.org] At the time of this writing, Argentina is a few days away from formally defaulting on its debts.How…
Gold price fix: enter the lawyers
byFirst we had a glut of gold. “We Buy Your Gold” on every street corner. Then the accusations of price rigging (having a “spot…
Timely call to open up UK legal tender laws
byAccording to some media sources Douglas Carswell MP is today bringing a bill to the House of Commons that aims to demonopolise the UK’s…
Stephan Kinsella goes from strength to strength
byBack in 1995, I came across this fabulous journal article written by Stephan Kinsella called Legislation and the Discovery of Law in a Free…
Libertarian Legal Theory
byWe are pleased to promote this upcoming course from the Mises Academy: Stephan Kinsella, a libertarian attorney and writer, Senior Fellow with the Mises…