Monetary Politics: The Biggest Money Player In Politics Is The Fed
byWashington finally shows signs of coming to grips with the importance of money to politics. This is not about mere campaign finance. Recently there…
Money
Swiss National Bank abandons franc’s cap against the euro
byOn January 15th 2015 the Swiss National Bank (SNB) has announced an end to its three year old cap of 1.20 franc per euro….
Swiss National Bank Throws Banks, Self Under Bus
byIn 1985, Arnold Schwarzenegger played John Matrix in the action movie, Commando. One line stands out. While dangling a bad guy over the edge…
Money worries
by“I hold all idea of regulating the currency to be an absurdity; the very terms of regulating the currency and managing the currency I…
The present monetary system the key cause for boom-bust cycles
byOriginally, paper money was not regarded as money but merely as a representation of gold. Various paper certificates represented claims on gold stored with…
The Biggest Monetary Change in 80 Years
byThe Swiss people put an initiative on their ballot to reverse decades of regression. They’re trying to get gold back into the monetary system,…
A Gold Man in Monetarist Territory
byOn November 3, the Manhattan Institute hosted the fall meeting of the Shadow Open Market Committee (SOMC). This is a 40-year old group, with…
Spare dollars
byLast week I wrote that contrary to the prevailing mood US dollar strength could reverse at any time. This week I look at another…
The Truth Behind The Swiss Gold Referendum
byA recent column in US News & World Report, The Swiss Gold Rush by Pat Garofalo, its assistant managing editor for opinion, is subtitled…
Deflating the Inflation Myth
by[Editor’s Note; this interview, with Cobden Centre contributor Jesus Huerta de Soto, was by Malte Fischer of Handelsblatt] Professor Huerta de Soto, the inflation…