Two more cents from me on the topic, from Bloomberg's Echoes blog.
The Penny (Again): Don't Subsidize, Privatize!
About George Selgin
George Selgin is a senior fellow and director of the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives at the Cato Institute and Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Georgia. His research covers a broad range of topics within the field of monetary economics, including monetary history,...