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Bradley Jansen is the director of the Center for Financial Privacy and Human Rights, part of the Liberty and Privacy Network, a Washington DC-based non-profit founded in 2005 to defend privacy, civil liberties and market economics. He is an adjunct scholar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Previously at the Free Congress Foundation, Jansen safeguarded privacy and other Constitutional liberties including testifying before Congress on the USA PATRIOT Act proposal, National ID, and other issues. While working for U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, he initiated and lead opposition to the "Know Your Customer" proposal. Jansen holds a B.A. in International Studies from Miami University (Ohio), learned Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia), and with advanced studies in economic history at Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Chile) and law and economics at George Mason University School of Law. He is a columnist with The Daily Caller, The Huffington Post and Nolan Chart.
Digital Money

New Monies Are Really Cool Again

Bradley Jansen/May 24, 2011June 19, 2022 /1 Comment

In the internet boom of the 1990s, there was a rush of new alternative payment systems or currencies (Paypal being the most successful).  Forbes even ran a great cover story on this issue Politics for the Really Cool.  For whatever combination of reasons (the tech being too…

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Inflation & Deflation, The Fed & Central Banks

Stagflation's Back

Bradley Jansen/May 24, 2011June 19, 2022 /1 Comment

Happy days are, make that, stagflation is here again.  So says Ronald McKinnon in a Wall Street Journal column.  Stagflation was memorialized by the 1970s experience of high inflation and economic stagnation.  The Stanford professor says it's rearing its ugly head again. He lays out the cause:…

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Free Banking

What are the free banking book classics?

Bradley Jansen/May 19, 2011June 19, 2022 /2 Comments

Welcome everyone to the free banking blog.  I'm very excited about the stellar cast we have, and I hope this space will become a clearing house for information from different scholars and groups.  In addition, as it grows, this page should become a great resource of information….

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