Tag Archives: banking

Everything Comes Down to Banking Theory

Robert Murphy is one of the more active Austrians involved in using the Depression of 1920 as a vindication of Austrian monetary theory.  I decided to scour his blog in search of posts related to his research on the subject.  … Continue reading

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Selgin’s “Theory of Free Banking” Available Online!

George Selgin’s “The Theory of Free Banking” is now available for free online. Continue reading

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What I’m Reading: 1 June 2010

Currently reading Rothbard’s “A History of Money and Banking in the United States”. Continue reading

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Free Banking & Fiduciary Media

Joseph T. Salerno provides an absolutely brilliant overview of the debate between “free bankers” and “full reservists”: White contra Mises on Fiduciary Media.  The Mises Institute will also be publishing a book on money by Professor Salerno some time later … Continue reading

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Overregulation?

Vietnam is an example of overregulation. The United States should heed the warning. Continue reading

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Jon Stewart on Banks, Deposits and Money

Some excellent quotes on fractional-reserve banking and regulation. Continue reading

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Greenspan’s Tenure as the Period of Fastest Growth

When has the United States seen the fastest rate of economic growth? Continue reading

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Mystery of Banking

Just got Rothbard’s book “Mystery of Banking” through the mail. Continue reading

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Hayek, the Business Cycle and the Financial System

In “Monetary Theory and the Trade Cycle” Hayek holds that the business cycle is caused by fractional-reserve banking, which is a natural credit organization formed out of the market. If this is the case, then it follows that economic cycles are an intrinsic part of capitalism. Continue reading

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China’s Bubble Economy Re-Appears

China’s economic growth is turning out to be just another financial bubble ready to pop. The lesson is clear: monetary expansion causes economic instability. This bursts two theoretical bubbles: one, that instability is inherent in global capital markets, and two, that we are preparing to lift out of recession. Continue reading

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