Louis Rouanet

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How Central Banking Increased Inequality

08/15/2017 Mises Wire Louis Rouanet

Although today high levels of inequality in the United States remain a pressing concern for a large swath of the population, monetary policy and credit expansion are rarely mentioned as a likely...

The Death of the European Banking Union

07/03/2017 Mises Wire Louis Rouanet

In early June, the failure of the Spanish bank Banco Popular seemed to work smoothly under the new European resolution rules. The relatively new Banking Union seemed to work in achieving its goal to...

The ECB Blames Inflation on Everything but Itself

06/23/2017 Mises Wire Louis Rouanet

Unsurprisingly, central banks are reluctant to claim credit for inflation. In their latest bulletin, the European Central Bank (ECB) published the graph below explaining what causes inflation. See the...

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