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Month: August 2011

Free Banking, The Fed & Central Banks

Monetary equilibrium, the goal of monetary policy

Kurt Schuler/August 5, 2011December 19, 2015 /16 Comments

The goal of monetary policy is monetary equilibrium. This is true for any monetary arrangement that claims to serve a general interest among the population rather than to simply divert wealth to the ruler and his cronies. Monetary equilibrium is a situation where the supply of money…

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Events, Money & Politics

Behind the Scenes at the Hayek v. Keynes Debate

George Selgin/August 3, 2011December 19, 2015 /19 Comments

BBC Radio 4 is about to air the debate between myself and Jamie Whyte (defending Hayek) and Lord Skidelsky and Duncan Weldon (defending Keynes),so I thought I might supply a little background on it for the sake of anyone who may be interested in how these things…

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Economic History, Free Banking

Free Banking and Economic Development, Part 1

George Selgin/August 2, 2011December 19, 2015 /20 Comments

(A few years ago I was hired to contribute some articles on free banking and related subjects to an online forum called the Free Market News Network. I wrote several before the checks stopped coming, and then insisted that those already published be taken off the site,…

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