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Branch banking, Canadian banking systems, William Jennings Bryan

That's Right: "Famously Sound and Famously Stable"

George Selgin/August 8, 2015December 19, 2015 /3 Comments

In one of my recent posts I observed, not only that Canada's ca. 1913 currency and banking system was sound and stable, but that it was "famously" so. Many of my readers may wonder about that description. After all, relatively few people today are aware of Canada's having…

Economic History, The Fed & Central Banks

There Was No Place Like Canada

George Selgin/July 29, 2015July 4, 2018 /30 Comments

Speaking of myths about U.S. banking, another that tops my list is the myth that the Federal Reserve, or some sort of central-bank-type arrangement, was the best conceivable solution to the ills of the pre-1914 U.S. monetary system. I encountered that myth most recently in reading America's…

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Ideas for an Alternative Monetary Future

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That's Right: "Famously Sound and Famously Stable"

There Was No Place Like Canada