In their new book “Money”, Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames write with insight about the dangers of inflation and easy money, but ultimately, they fail to follow through on their analysis and instead make peace with monetary expansionism, writes David Gordon. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Robert
[ A History of Money and Banking in the United States: From the Colonial Era to World War II . By Murray N. Rothbard, edited by Joseph T. Salerno. Mises Institute, 2002. 510 pages.] Murray Rothbard had a remarkable ability to throw unexpected light on historical controversies. Again and again in his work, he pointed out factors that earlier
Mervyn King is the British Ben Bernanke. An eminent academic economist, who now teaches both at New York University and the London School of Economics, King was from 2003 to 2013 Governor of the Bank of England. In short, he is a very big deal. Remarkably, in The End of Alchemy he frequently sounds like Murray Rothbard. King identifies a basic
The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy by Mervyn W. King W.W. Norton & Co. 2016 xv + 431 pages Mervyn King is the British Ben Bernanke. An eminent academic economist, who now teaches both at New York University and the London School of Economics, King was from 2003 to 2013 Governor of the Bank of England. In
The Bankers’ Cartel Mises Review 1, No. 1 (Spring 1995) THE CASE AGAINST THE FED Murray N. Rothbard Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1994, 158 pgs. Murray Rothbard begins this outstanding book by calling attention to a paradox. The Federal Reserve System enjoys virtual immunity from Congressional investigation. The few who propose to subject the Fed to
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
Banking, Flesh, and Blood Mises Review 8, No. 4 (Winter 2002) A HISTORY OF MONEY AND BANKING IN THE UNITED STATES: FROM THE COLONIAL ERA TO WORLD WAR II Murray N. Rothbard Joseph T. Salerno, Editor Mises Institute, 2002, 510 pgs. Murray Rothbard had a remarkable ability to throw unexpected light on historical controversies. Again and again in his
Volume 15, No. 1 (Spring 2009) THE POLITICALLY INCORRECT GUIDE TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE NEW DEAL Robert P. Murphy Regnery, 2009, 199 pgs. Robert Murphy demonstrates in this excellent book a penetrating ability to explain the essence of fallacious economic doctrines. As he notes, three theories offer competing explanations of the Great
Mises Review 15, No. 2 (Summer 2009) MELTDOWN: A FREE-MARKET LOOK AT WHY THE STOCK MARKET COLLAPSED, THE ECONOMY TANKED, AND GOVERNMENT BAILOUTS WILL MAKE THINGS WORSE Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Regnery 2009 , xi + 194 pgs. Tom Woods has made an invaluable contribution with his latest book. The public today looks for an explanation of the current
It’s been a grueling Fall 2007, with the continued shocks from the housing mess, the market sell-off, oil still sky high, the dollar hitting new lows, and the rising gold price giving that ever-ominous sign of trouble ahead. Business conditions have deteriorated dramatically. And the gold price reflects a general trend: the consumer and producer
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