Over at freebanking.org Kurt Schuler has been asking his readers for references to blogs on Free Banking. I know Kurt is a reader of my blog so he obviously knows that I from time to time write about Free Banking and Free Banking related issues. However, I thought this would be a good oppurtunity to […]
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Wrap-up: My Free Banking related posts
Posted by Lars Christensen on January 3, 2013
https://marketmonetarist.com/2013/01/03/wrap-up-my-free-banking-related-posts/
Beating the Iron Law of Public Choice – a reply to Peter Boettke
Studying Public Choice theory can be very depressing for would-be reformers as they learn about what we could call the Iron Law of Public Choice. The students of Public Choice theory will learn from Bill Niskanen that bureaucrats has an informational advantage that they will use to maximizes budgets. They will learn that interest groups […]
Posted by Lars Christensen on July 29, 2013
https://marketmonetarist.com/2013/07/29/beating-the-iron-law-of-public-choice-a-reply-to-peter-boettke/
Believe it or not – Africa is just a very good story
I am in Stockholm this morning – the main topic for today’s meeting is the prospects for the African economies. I have for a long time had the view that Africa could very well turn into the best investment story in the world. There is no doubt that my view of Africa is to a […]
Posted by Lars Christensen on March 13, 2013
https://marketmonetarist.com/2013/03/13/believe-it-or-not-africa-is-just-a-very-good-story/
Larry White on Bernard Lietaer’s new book
Larry White has a very insightful review of Bernard Lietaer and Jacqui Dunne’s new book “Rethinking Money: How New Currencies Turn Scarcity Into Prosperity“. As Larry writes in a Facebook update “I wanted to like the book more”. I have the exact same feeling about much of Lietaer’s work. Bernard Lietaer of course is a pioneer in […]
Posted by Lars Christensen on February 10, 2013
https://marketmonetarist.com/2013/02/10/larry-white-on-bernard-lietaers-new-book/
Selgin interview on Free Banking
I just came across this excellent interview with George Selgin on Free Banking. I find it hard to disagree with George on this issue.
Posted by Lars Christensen on October 20, 2012
https://marketmonetarist.com/2012/10/20/selgin-interview-on-free-banking/
Remembering the “Market” in Market Monetarism
A couple of days ago the young and talented George Mason University economist Alex Salter wrote the following statement on his Facebook account: I wish market monetarists would put relatively more emphasis on the “market” bit. I agree with Alex as I believe that one of the main points of Market Monetarism is that not […]
Posted by Lars Christensen on May 8, 2013
https://marketmonetarist.com/2013/05/08/remembering-the-market-in-market-monetarism/
Steve Horwitz’s “Introduction to US Monetary Policy”
Steve Horwitz is out with an new paper – “An Introduction to US Monetary Policy”. I haven’t read the paper yet, but I am sure it is very good. Steve always writes interesting and insightful stuff about monetary policy issues. I hope to find time to read it in the coming days, but until I […]
Posted by Lars Christensen on April 4, 2013
https://marketmonetarist.com/2013/04/04/steve-horwitzs-introduction-to-us-monetary-policy/
The young Keynes was a monetarist
I am continuing my reporting on my survey of monetary thinkers’ book recommendations for students of monetary matters. The next “victim” is Scott Sumner and lets jump right into it. Here is Scott’s book list: David Hume. Essays on Economics Irving Fisher. The Purchasing Power of Money Keynes. A Tract on Monetary Reform Ralph Hawtrey. […]
Posted by Lars Christensen on July 8, 2013
https://marketmonetarist.com/2013/07/08/the-young-keynes-was-a-monetarist/
Free Banking theorists should study Argentina’s experience with parallel currencies
The latest book I have got in the mail is Georgina M. Gómez’s “Argentina’s Parallel Currency” about Argentina’s experience with parallel currencies or what has also been termed Complementary Currency Systems (CCS). I have only read 10-15 pages in the book and studied the index and references – so this is certainly no book review. […]
Posted by Lars Christensen on July 17, 2012
https://marketmonetarist.com/2012/07/17/free-banking-theorists-should-study-argentinas-experience-with-parallel-currencies/
An empirical – not a theoretical – disagreement with George, Larry and Eli
Last week George Selgin warned us (the Market Monetarists) about getting to excited about the recent actions of the Federal Reserve. Now fellow Free Banker Larry White raises a similar critique in a post on freebanking.org. Here is Larry: “While saluting Sumner 2009…I favor an alternative view of 2012: the weak recovery today has more […]
Posted by Lars Christensen on September 24, 2012
https://marketmonetarist.com/2012/09/24/an-empirical-not-a-theoretical-disagreement-with-george-larry-and-eli/
The Market Monetarist- Re-visited: Firefighter Arsonists – the myth of the central bankers as ‘good’ crisis managers
- US monetary policy has become too TIGHT – the Fed risks significantly UNDERSHOOTING it’s 2% inflation target
- ChatGPT, Python, FRED and some NGDP gaps
- Re-visiting R*: Close to the end of the hiking cycle for the Fed
- US inflation set to fall sharply in the coming quarters
- Recession or not? Answering a question the Fed should not care about
- Milton Friedman commented on Powell’s Fed in 1978
- Carl Bildt is puzzled – he should read an economics textbook
- US domestic spending – a closer look at the 2021-22 data
- A simple model for inflation that Jerome Powell should understand
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