by Ralph Benko | Nov 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 “I’ve softened in my view towards the gold standard.” — Jerry Bowyer Public intellectual and Forbes.com columnist Jerry Bowyer recently published a fascinating interview with Allan Meltzer, entitled My...
by Ralph Benko | Nov 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Thursday, November 14th, 2013 As previously posted, the monetary crisis of 1619-23 was caused by the debasement, by the authorities, of the coin. “A German mint hard at work producing debased coinage designed to be palmed off on the nearest...
by Ralph Benko | Nov 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Tuesday, November 12th, 2013 As recently noted here, Slate‘s business and economics correspondent, Matthew Yglesias, recently published an interesting critique of Cato’s upcoming monetary conference which Yglesias refers to as Cato...
by Ralph Benko | Nov 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Thursday, November 7th, 2013 “I met a traveler from an antique land….” Statue of Ramses II, courtesy of TourEgypt.net Two prior blogs, here, referenced the demolition, by Niall Ferguson, of any vestiges of credibility that Paul...
by Ralph Benko | Nov 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Tuesday, November 5th, 2013 Slate, the online magazine, recently published a more than ordinarily thoughtful piece by gold standard skeptic Matthew Yglesias entitled Cato Institute Staging Gold Standard Love-In. Matthew Yglesias courtesy...
by Ralph Benko | Oct 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Thursday, October 31st, 2013 Two erudite scholars, James Narron and David Skeie, publishing at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Liberty Street Economics are treating their history-minded readers to “new series chronicles mostly...
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