Public Attitudes to Banking
byA key question in the debate over fractional reserve banking is the extent to which people know that banks lend their deposits out to…
Essentials
Pure Austrian Thinking from Bagus on Banking Reform
byThere are many possible routes to sound money. On the 18th of May, I outlined my plan to reform the banking system. Yesterday we…
Iceland and the Western Banking System
byGordon Kerr’s second address this year at the European Parliament was at a meeting of the European Enterprise Institute. The meeting was chaired by…
Riegel: The right-wing socialists
byWith a hat tip to Associative Economist, Arthur Edwards, we reproduce below an excerpt from Riegel’s book The new approach to freedom. The Right-Wing…
What is money?
byIn their working paper Assessing UK money supply measures in the light of the credit crunch, Toby Baxendale and Anthony J. Evans provide a better measure of the money supply. In this article, Steven Baker explores the background to the paper and indicates some key findings.
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
byPeter Schiff’s new book is now available to pre-order with free delivery for less than £10, on Amazon.co.uk; it is due out on the…
Laurence Kotlikoff’s “Jimmy Stewart is Dead”
byJimmy Stewart plays George Bailey who is cast as the “honest” and trustworthy banker in the classic Hollywood film, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Kotlikoff’s…
Economics for Real People
byWhile Economics in One Lesson is almost the definitive starting point for those new to the Austrian School, after you have finished reading it…
De Soto and the Relevance of his Banking Reform Proposal Today
byThis has been copied from Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles which can be downloaded here or bought here. PREFACE TO THE SECOND ENGLISH…
Kevin Dowd on the Current Crisis
byThe Current Financial Crisis — and After Mises Daily: Friday, April 09, 2010 by Kevin Dowd [This talk was first presented at the Paris…