Andreas Granath

Articles

Why Interest Rates Are Not the Price of Money

09/17/2024 Mises Wire Andreas Granath

According to mainstream economics, interest rates are the price of money, but the Austrian school says differently. To understand these conflicting ideas, we must understand what prices, money, and...

Anarchy Is Neither Chaos nor Hard to Find

05/09/2024 Mises Wire Andreas Granath

In mundane speech and in perhaps any dictionary, anarchy is synonymous with chaos and disorder. This may not come as a surprise since left-wing anarchists have worked hard on destroying anarchy’s...

True Money Supply Is the Correct Measure of Inflation, Not Consumer Price Index

10/02/2023 Mises Wire Andreas Granath

Historically, inflation always referred to an increase in the money supply, whereas nowadays it refers to an increase in prices. This shift in the definition of inflation lets central banks get away...

Media

Inflation in Money or Prices? The Definition Matters

10/06/2023 Robert P. Murphy Andreas Granath

Andreas Granath joins Bob to discuss his recent article explaining the different definitions of "inflation" and why it matters.

Can We Protect Ourselves from Inflation?

06/09/2023 Andreas Granath

Despite all of the inflation-fighting talk from the Fed, the truth is that the government benefits from inflating the currency. We need to know how to defend ourselves.

Central Banks Claim to Preserve the Value of Money through Inflation

10/08/2022 Andreas Granath

Central banks claim that their main purposes are to help an economy maintain high rates of employment and price stability. Ironically, they claim to do this through inflation targets.

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