Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics

Response to a Review of Money, Banking, and the Business Cycle

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Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 20, no. 3 (Fall 2017)

Abstract: Shawn Ritenour provides a review of my two-volume book Money, Banking, and the Business Cycle in the Winter 2016 issue of this journal. In his review, he provides a number of criticisms of the book and offers some compliments of the book as well. While I appreciate the compliments, most of the criticisms are not valid. In this response, I explain why it is that more money in the economy leads to more profits. I also show the difference between making a distinction between the rate of profit and the interest rate and saying they are independent of each other. Furthermore, I discuss the effect of changes in interest rates versus changes in the rate of profits. I discuss criticisms of Objectivist philosophy as well.

KEYWORDS: Austrian school, business cycle, net consumption-net investment theory of profits, profit, interest, Objectivism
JEL CLASSIFICATION: E14, E32

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Simpson, Brian P., “Response to a Review of Money, Banking, and the Business Cycle,” Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 20, no. 3 (Fall 2017): 255–65.

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