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Although I've devoted many essays here to exploding myths about historical private currencies, there's one I've yet to directly challenge....

Although I've devoted many essays here to exploding myths about historical private currencies, there's one I've yet to directly challenge....

(Although my contributions to this series have so far been more-or-less in their proper order, this one isn't:  it occurred...

In a thought-provoking article published by the IMF in April, Ruchir Agarwal and Miles Kimball argue for moving away from...

The distinguished contributors to Populism and the Future of the Fed examine populist demands to expand the Fed’s mandate and...

RevisingTheBankSecrecyAct_NorbertMichelAndJenniferSchulp_CMFAWP007   The post Revising the Bank Secrecy Act to Protect Privacy and Deter Criminals (CMFA Working Paper No.007) appeared...

(As many Alt-M readers will know, my interest in Bitcoin goes back to its earliest days, and even before that:...

In December 1946, Clark Warburton published an article in the Political Science Quarterly titled, “Monetary Control under the Federal Reserve...

(Previous installments of "The Keynesian Myth" are here and here.) Balancing Act As Richard Adelstein (1991, p. 177) observes, far...

(The first installment of "The Keynesian Myth"  is here.) All-American Money Makers Although conventional wisdom has it that Keynes considered...