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L-Street: The Movie

George Selgin/February 18, 2012December 19, 2015 /8 Comments

For those who prefer a brief summary, or just like watching stuff on their computer, here is the video of my November Cato Monetary Conference presentation.

Commodity Money, Events, Recommended Reading

Making the Transition to a New Gold Standard

Larry White/December 22, 2011December 19, 2015 /27 Comments

Presented at the Cato Institute Annual Monetary Conference, 16 November 2011 Suppose for the sake of argument that we all agree to the following proposition: If we could change the monetary regime with zero switching cost, merely by snapping our fingers, we would prefer the US to…

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Events, Free Banking

Talking points for the Keynes-Hayek Debate

Larry White/November 9, 2011December 19, 2015 /18 Comments

Here is the prepared version of my opening statement for the Keynes-Hayek debate sponsored by Reuters that was held in New York City tonight. Due to time constraints, I skipped over some bullet points. The video recording is now available: here. • Friedrich Hayek developed a business…

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Events, Fiat Money, Free Banking

The Free Competition in Currency Act of 2011

Larry White/September 13, 2011December 19, 2015 /20 Comments

Below is the written version of the testimony I gave this afternoon before the House or Representatives subcommittee chaired by Rep. Ron Paul. Q&A followed–when a transcript becomes available, I'll post the link here. The text of the Act I spoke about, which is quite brief, is…

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Events, Free Banking, Recommended Reading

Advertisements for Myself

George Selgin/August 30, 2011December 19, 2015 /19 Comments

For a couple of my books, actually, which have recently become available in new editions. Good old Liberty Fund has made a Kindle version of The Theory of Free Banking, which you can download for free from its Online Library of Liberty. And my pals at the…

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