Letter to the Editor The Wall Street Journal September 4, 1998 Uncanny Parallels Between ‘20s and ‘90s James Grant’s (”The Coming Bust,” editorial page, Aug. 28) debunking of the Pollyanna-like forecasts of economists and Wall Street gurus was right on target, especially the reference to Austrian business-cycle theory showing that central bank
Here is a news piece from Investor’s Business Daily (Nov. 23, 1998) dealing squarely with one of the most interesting monetary issues of the day. The author quotes some well-known Austrian economists to help sort it all out. Are the vast amounts of U.S. currency held overseas a threat to the U.S. economy? Whether for spending or saving, most
More starvation and disease or bombers and cruise missiles--these are the only actual choices Washington offers Iraq. No wonder Saddam will risk being bombed to end the economic blockade. United Nations’ authorities have officially recognized Iraq’s compliance with Resolution 687, the basic cease fire resolution, for the destruction of all its
Submitted to the Wall Street Journal October 14, 1998 To the Editor: What is missing in the debate between proponents of a fixed-exchange-rate regime, such as the editors of the Wall Street Journal (”Reforming the World,” 7 October), and proponents of a floating-exchange-rate system, like Milton Friedman (”Markets to the Rescue,” 13 October), is
The Free Market 16, no. 4 (April 1998) British Prime Minister Tony Blair apologized for doing “too little” in response to the Irish Potato Famine of the 19th century that killed one million people and brought about the emigration of millions more. But in fact, the English government was guilty of doing too much. Blair’s statement draws attention
Is It Really Rothbard? Mises Review 4, No. 3 (Fall 1998) MONEY AND NATION STATE Kevin Dowd and Richard H. Timberlake, Jr., Editors Transaction Publishers, 1998, viii + 453 pgs. When I received this book, I turned first to the contribution of Murray N. Rothbard, “The Gold Exchange Standard in the Interwar Years” (pp. 105-65). It is a
Volume 1, No. 4 (Winter 1998) An important area of contention between the industrialized countries of the North and the developing countries of the South at the close of the Uruguay Round was trade and labor standards. The United States and the European Union were among those seeking the international ratification of minimum labor standards
Investor’s Business Daily September 3, 1998 Perspective “Dollar Contrarians” The Federal Reserve says that more than half of all U.S. currency is now held overseas. The dollar has now become the currency of choice for much of the world. And it has replaced gold as the global financial standard. That has some economists worried. “What happens if
President Bill Clinton went to Russia, a country whose economy is still crippled by massive state ownership and control, where private property is not secure, contracts are not enforced, and enterprise is free in name only. What did he say? He opened his speech with praise for Stalin’s military victories, which occurred in the midst of the Gulag,
The Journal of Commerce September 7, 1998 Strange things happened at General Motors this summer. Huge swatches of its highly paid, coddled, unionized labor force went on strike. The result was catastrophic: GM plants all over North America shut down, causing the company to lose $75 million a day, idling 175,000 other workers, causing an 81% drop
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