Come back to gold
byThis excerpt from Omnipotent Government by Ludwig von Mises was recently featured at Mises.org. The gold standard was an international standard. It safeguarded the…
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Thorsten Polleit on the gold standard that never was
byThe distinguished and forthright Professor Thorsten Polleit explains why we’ve failed to see a real free market money for several hundred years… Episode 115:…
German gold
byThe greatest threat to worldwide prosperity is the collapse of what remains of free-market capitalism. Not depletion of scarce natural resources. Not environmental degradation….
“Fool’s Gold” Standards
byIn a recent Mises Daily, “A Golden Opportunity“, Patrick Barron and Godfrey Bloom make the case for Germany to withdraw from the monetary union combined with…
Signs of the gold standard emerging In China?
byAs noted in last week’s column about the rising recognition by authorities in Germany about the virtues of gold, the gold standard is receiving impressive…
A new gold standard?
byThe US Republican Party recently announced its intention to set up a “gold commission”, to examine the feasibility or not of returning to a…
The death of banks – and the future of money
byUK Chancellor George Osborne and Bank of England Governor Mervin King last week announced another round of fiscal and monetary stimulus measures, including steps…
Cobden Centre Radio: John Butler on the coming gold standard
byIn the latest podcast I talk to John Butler, Chief Investment Officer of Amphora, about his new book, The Golden Revolution, in which he…
The euro – lessons from history
byWhen currencies and monetary arrangements have broken down it has always been because the currency issuer can no longer fight the lure of the…
In defence of the euro: an Austrian perspective
byWith a Critique of the Errors of the ECB and the Interventionism of Brussels 1. Introduction: The Ideal Monetary System Theorists of the Austrian…