Money and Banks

I have always been puzzled by the exact mechanisms through which the government keeps us from using gold as money, and my recent inquiries on a pri

Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on April 21, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.

The withholding tax, writes Laurence Vance, makes it possible for the government to silently steal the wealth from its citizens with little or no outrage about the loss.

A reader of the Mises film page sends in an upcoming film that may be of interest.

Lee Wishing filled out his tax forms this year and discovered something unexpected. Thanks to four little tax credits between the ages of 5 and 9, he will be receiving a check from you and me.

When pro-inflation economists try to argue that inflation does not merely have redistributive effects, but can actually increase total production o

Although, on a global level, consumer price inflation appears rather muted at present, writes Thorsten Polleit of Barclays, there are indications that the devaluation of money might be taking a new route.

Recorded at the 2005 Austrian Scholars Conference, Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama.

Toby Baxendale argues that Austrian economics has its own contribution to make to the method of hedge funds.

In its current form Freddie Mac is a mercantilist company, and as such, it is not a good example of free enterprise, write Paul Cleveland and Michael Tucker.