Gold standard

Judy Shelton

If You Think Amy Coney Barrett Is Extreme, Meet Judy Shelton If You Think Amy Coney Barrett Is Extreme, Meet Judy Shelton

Trump’s nominee to the Federal Reserve has gotten a lot less publicity. But her desire to return the US to the gold standard and eliminate federal deposit insurance could destroy t...

Sep 29, 2020 / James Ledbetter

The Politics of Debt in America

The Politics of Debt in America The Politics of Debt in America

How debt built America—and may yet come to tear it apart.

Jan 29, 2013 / Steve Fraser

Bad Paper: On Philip Coggan

Bad Paper: On Philip Coggan Bad Paper: On Philip Coggan

Is the current financial crisis a problem of liquidity or one of solvency?

May 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Mihm

What Would Keynes Do?

What Would Keynes Do? What Would Keynes Do?

The GOP declares Keynesianism dead, but it hasn’t really been tried. The great economist would have us do much more than “prime the pump” to pull the country out of this morass.

Sep 27, 2011 / Feature / Thomas Geoghegan

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