How the Blockchain and Gold Can Work Together
byA look into monetary history shows that people, when given freedom of choice, opted for precious metals as money. This doesn’t come as a…
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European Central Bank poised to strengthen further monetary pumping
byOn January 21 2016 the European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi signaled that the governing council may provide more stimulus at its next…
Central Banks – Ah Aaaaahhh! – Saviours of the Universe?
byCopryright: Universal Pictures Freight rates have fallen below 2008 levels With the oil price below $30 many US producers are unprofitable The Fed has…
Mises.org: Brazil’s Easy-Money Problem
byBy Lucas Vaz, source: https://mises.org/library/brazils-easy-money-problem Brazil is undergoing what is considered its worst economic crisis in seventy years, and there is usually no agreement when…
Emerging Markets Fear Yellen, But Need To Keep Their Eye On Draghi
byMr. Steil is director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. Ms. Smith is an analyst at the Council. President of the European…
Austrians get (some) mainstream credibility
byWell, well: who would have believed it. First the Bank for International Settlements comes out with a paper that links credit booms to the…
The Government Must Stop Printing Phoney Money
byIf advocates of freedom were to make up a list of New Year’s resolutions for 2016, one of the most important items should be…
Is the US heading for an economic bust?
byOn Wednesday December 16 2015 Federal Reserve Bank policy makers raised the federal funds rate target by 0.25% to 0.5% for the first time…
A Free Market in Interest Rates
byUnless you’re living under a rock, you know that we have an administered interest rate. This means that the bureaucrats at the Federal Reserve…
Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk: How Peak Debt Constrain the Fed from Moving Rates Higher
bySource: http://bawerk.net/2015/12/11/how-peak-debt-constrain-the-fed-from-moving-rates-higher/ We have argued for a long time that 2016 will probably be a year of recession in the US and the Federal…