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Austrian Business Cycle Theory, Austrian economics, FOMC, malinvestment, Thomas Hoenig
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Give Credit Where Credit is Due

George Selgin/August 14, 2011June 19, 2022 /6 Comments

This morning over breakfast at the neighborhood bakery, I read a very nice article in the New York Times concerning the "unconventional" views of Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig–views that have made Hoenig my own favorite Fed insider for some years now. Hoenig's beliefs, as summarized…

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The Fed & Central Banks

Central banking is a form of central planning

Kurt Schuler/August 12, 2011June 19, 2022 /11 Comments

Central banking and the debate over central planning passed each other like two ships in the night in the early 1900s. Central banking was becoming the standard monetary system that economists recommended. Financial conferences held by the League of Nations in Brussels in 1920 and Genoa in…

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Money & Politics, The Fed & Central Banks

The Keynesians Answer Back

George Selgin/August 5, 2011June 19, 2022 /17 Comments

Last week's debate has naturally generated some response from defenders of Keynes who have found fault with my and Jamie Whyte's characterization of Keynes's views, or who have simply found fault with our…personalities! Over at Tax Research UK, for instance, Richard Murphy and some of his friends…

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Free Banking, The Fed & Central Banks

Monetary equilibrium, the goal of monetary policy

Kurt Schuler/August 5, 2011June 19, 2022 /17 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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Fiat Money, The Fed & Central Banks

Is the Euro Flawed?

Larry White/July 8, 2011June 19, 2022 /7 Comments

What follows is the slightly revised first part of remarks I gave at the Estoril Political Forum, in Estoril, Portugal, on 28 June 2011. Of course the euro is flawed. It is not, after all, a monetary standard evolved by the invisible hand of the marketplace from…

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