Inflation and Marxism
by“Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the Capitalist System was to debauch its currency….Lenin was certainly right. There…
Inflation
Interview with Professor Joachim Starbatty MEP
byProfessor Joachim Starbatty is a member of the European Parliament. He kindly hosted our event “The Lessons of Economic History” earlier this year. Here…
Inflation or Employment
byInflationary fears are growing and US rates continue to rise Employment has become more flexible since the crisis of 2008/2009 Commodity prices have risen…
What is wrong with the popular definition of inflation?
byAccording to Mises, Inflation, as this term was always used everywhere and especially in this country, means increasing the quantity of money and bank…
Fed confused about what drives inflation
byOn October 4 2017, the former governor of the Federal Reserve Daniel Tarullo in a speech at the Brookings think-tank in Washington said Fed…
Why US price inflation remains relatively subdued?
byThe yearly growth rate of the US consumer price index stood at 1.9% in August against 1.7% in July, while the growth rate of…
The Consumer Price Index, a False Indicator of Our Individual Costs-of-Living
byFor years the Federal Reserve and many other central banks around the world have declared that a key element of monetary policy is the…
Bring Back the Gold Gilt
byThis essay was submitted to the Richard Koch Breakthrough Prize for 2017. Executive Summary Our monetary system imposes a form of central planning, based…
Inflation: How it occurs and what are its consequences
byInflation: How it occurs and what are its consequences Guided by Austrian school economics, I have attempted to outline firstly the different mechanisms through…
Why inflation is not about general increases in prices
byThere is almost complete unanimity among economists and various commentators that inflation is about general increases in the prices of goods and services….