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^{Scott S. Powell
March 20, 2023
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The Greatest Risk to Americans Is the Federal Government, Not Bank Failures

_{Scott S. Powell
March 20, 2023
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It's far better for America’s citizenry and businesses to have the strength and resourcefulness that comes from free exchange of ideas and information, creativity, honesty, and self-reliance than to have a dependence on a profligate and corrupt government. Read More ›

^{Nathan Lewis
August 8, 2022
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What Is “M2,” And Why Should We Care About It?

_{Nathan Lewis
August 8, 2022
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Of the various “monetary aggregates” (at one point, I think over thirteen were identified), “M2” is perhaps the most commonly referenced. It is supposedly important. But why? To answer that, we have to first figure out what it is. Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
June 8, 2022
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The Student Loan Party

_{Debra J. Saunders
June 8, 2022
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President Joe Biden is poised to forgive $10,000 in student loan debt for borrowers who earn less than $150,000 per year, or $300,000 per couple, according to multiple news reports. Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
April 28, 2022
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Mounting U.S. Debt and Misguided Foreign Policy Risk a Dollar Doomsday

_{Scott S. Powell
April 28, 2022
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The U.S. dollar is getting perilously close to losing its status as the world’s reserve currency, and there is less room than ever for error on the international stage. Read More ›

^{Nathan Lewis
January 16, 2022
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What’s Wrong With Turkey #2: Making It Way Too Complicated

_{Nathan Lewis
January 16, 2022
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Recently, we took a look at the Central Bank of Turkey’s balance sheet, to get an idea of what has been going on, and what to do about the sudden decline in the foreign exchange value of the Turkish lira. Read More ›

^{Nathan Lewis
January 9, 2022
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What’s Wrong With Turkey?

_{Nathan Lewis
January 9, 2022
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Unfortunately, Turkey has a long history of currency failure, so it would be no surprise if the country were to stack up some new failures today. But, it doesn’t have to be that way. In the past, mostly before 1970, the Turkish lira had long stretches of reliability, and perhaps Turkey will aspire to greatness again. Read More ›

Sunset view of airplane on airport runway under dramatic sky in Hobart,Tasmania, Australia. Aviation technology and world travel concept.

^{Gale Pooley
September 21, 2021
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Air Travel Safety Soars

_{Gale Pooley
September 21, 2021
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How do we get cheaper and safer flights at the same time? Because we learn more from every flight. More passengers means more knowledge and more knowledge means more safety. Wealth is knowledge and we’re discovering and creating knowledge at faster and faster rates. Read More ›

^{Nathan Lewis
August 19, 2021
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Interview With Dmitriy Balkovskiy

_{Nathan Lewis
August 19, 2021
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Dmitriy Balkovskiy, a Russian businessman, published my first book Gold: The Once and Future Money (2007) in the Russian language. This worked well: Not long after, Russia’s largest television station, Channel One, sent a video crew to my house in Upstate New York to interview me for a big documentary on the world monetary system. Read More ›

^{Nathan Lewis
August 15, 2021
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“Money Printing” in the 1960s

_{Nathan Lewis
August 15, 2021
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I was going to do something on the last years of Bretton Woods, involving William McChesney Martin at the Fed, and Presidents Johnson and Nixon. But, to do this properly would take some serious research, which I never got around to. (It would make a nice book.) So, today — the fiftieth anniversary of the official End of the Bretton Woods system on August 15, 1971 — we will instead take a step-by-step approach, piecing together little clues along the way. Read More ›