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Fund and the Fed
John Fund‘s latest column for National Review Online focuses on the growing chorus calling for reform of the Federal Reserve system. A growing number of people believe the Federal Reserve…
Lawrence H. White
American economist
Regulation
Getting the government out of the way
Lawrence H. White reviews for Barron’s a new book, The Forgotten Depression—1921: The Crash That Cured Itself, which examines the federal government’s minimal response to the last major economic downturn…
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The gold standard is not an outmoded idea
That’s the big point of Professor Lawrence White’s recent Cato paper. The traditional gold standard is superior to various modified gold standard monetary regimes and far superior to the standardless…
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An excellent video by economist Larry White–“Should we end the Fed?”
This is well worth watching. It contains a simple explanation of what the Fed does and demonstrates that all of what it does and should do can, and historically has…
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More exposition of the Keynes-Hayek debate, and other classic economics disagreements
During the last academic year, Duke University hosted both a lecture by Nicholas Wapshott on his book Keynes-Hayek and a debate about the causes of the Great Depression that featured…
Education
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Much of the recent economic debate between the major-party presidential candidates has focused on outsourcing of jobs. Roy Cordato tackles that topic in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.…
Liberty
Revisiting the debate over the causes of the Great Depression
Eight decades after the Great Depression, there’s still no universal agreement among economists about its causes or the proper policy responses to it. The latest installment in Duke University’s Hayek…
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USA Today’s ignorance on central banking
USA Today, whose editors are economically naive and captive to many statist beliefs, recently opined that Ron Paul’s argument against the Federal Reserve is wrong. In the letter below, Don…
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“Consensus” that we need the Fed is like the “consensus” on global warming
Ron Paul argues that the Federal Reserve is unnecessary and harmful, but Mitt Romney’s economics adviser Glenn Hubbard says it’s “crazy” to talk about doing away with it. In the…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online features
This week’s Carolina Journal Online Friday interview features a conversation with George Mason University economist Lawrence H. White about fixing problems with the American banking and monetary systems. Eli Lehrer’s…
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Other items of interest
Triangle radio listeners had plenty of chances this week to hear from Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation Vice President for Outreach. Gray has co-hosted WPTF’s 9-11 a.m. program since Tuesday.…
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This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
State education leaders stirred up a minor controversy this year when they suggested adding the ACT to their school-testing program. Terry Stoops explores the controversy in the next edition of…