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More on the puzzle of negative interest rates

September 7, 2019

More on the puzzle of negative interest rates Interest rates on many bonds have plunged into negative territory. But why on earth would anyone be willing to save $1000 only to get $999 in the future? Saving up for a rainy day has always gone hand in hand with a positive interest rate, not a […]

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How California stayed with gold when the rest of the U.S. adopted fiat money

January 18, 2019

How California stayed with gold when the rest of the U.S. adopted fiat money We are ten years into the age of bitcoin. But people are still using national currencies like yen, dollars, and pounds to buy things. What does history have to say about switches from one type of monetary system to another? In […]

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Sanctions Busting, European Style

October 4, 2018

Sanctions Busting, European Style U.S. officials were infuriated last week when Germany, the UK, and France unveiled plans to create a European payments channel to help Iran to avoid U.S. sanctions. Even more surprising was their chosen allies: in announcing their sanctions busting plan, the Europeans were joined by Russia and China. There has been […]

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Gold and the Monetary Blockade on Iran

June 7, 2018

Gold and the Monetary Blockade on Iran This blog post is a guest post on BullionStar’s Blog by the renowned blogger JP Koning who will be writing about monetary economics, central banking and gold. BullionStar does not endorse or oppose the opinions presented but encourage a healthy debate. With Donald Trump close to re-instituting economic sanctions on Iran, it’s […]

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Money as a Measuring Stick

March 27, 2018

Money as a Measuring Stick Imagine if the world’s metre sticks all grew or shrunk a bit each year. That would make for a confusing system of weights and measures, wouldn’t it? Well, that is exactly what happens with money. We have been measuring the world around us for thousands of years. Units like feet […]

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Why QE didn’t send gold up to $20,000

March 7, 2018

Why QE didn’t send gold up to $20,000 Why didn’t quantitative easing, which created trillions of dollars of new money, lead to a massive spike in the gold price? The Quantity Theory of Money The intuition that an increase in the money supply should lead to a rise in prices, including the price of gold, […]

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Should we Restore the Gold Standard?

February 7, 2018

Should we Restore the Gold Standard? Would it make sense to rebuild an international gold standard like the one we had in the late 1800s? Larry White says the idea has merit, David Glasner believes it isn’t worth the risk. Over the years I’ve followed the back-and-forth between these two blogging economists, each of whom has done an admirable […]

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