Money and Banks

The FHLB is the latest "weapon" in the government's so-called arsenal to keep the banking system afloat.

Several nations look to develop a gold-based currency to bypass the US dollar. The world shall see after the BRICS nations meet next month how successful they are.

How can a bank “create money out of thin air”? We must enter the magical kingdom of “fractional-reserve banking,” where deposits are turned into loans, loans are turned into money, and so on, to find out.

With each iteration of the banking crisis, the Federal Reserve System and federal regulators gain in power and authority. Maybe the banking crisis isn’t an accident.

US dollar hegemony spreads price inflation and other central banks are doing the same. If the dollar fails, it will be due to self-inflicted wounds.  The only solution is good money. 

The problem here not that the central bank is "setting" the "wrong" interest rate. The problem is the Fed has long been relentlessly forcing down interest rates to satisfy various politically determined "needs."

The following reading is chapter 2 of What Has Government Done to Our Money? by Murray Rothbard.

The Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) is the latest "weapon" in the government's so-called arsenal to keep the banking system afloat. But the system needs much more than just "liquidity." It needs sound money and sound banking practices.

Ryan McMaken joins to discuss both the damage done to the economy by runaway government spending, as well as how Federal Reserve policy has incentivized consumption and punished savings, which has resulted in record-high credit card debt.

The Mises Institute's Executive Editor Ryan McMaken joins Bob to discuss his latest article, in which Ryan spells out the state of the M2 money supply and possible implications for consumer prices and an impending recession.