Monetary Policy

Separate Money and the State (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation September 16, 2016

*Please note that due to technical limitations, the video and audio quality of this presentation is lower than normal. The Future of Freedom Foundation presents the panel "Separate Money and the State" with Jacob Hornberger, Richard Ebeling, and Jeffrey Tucker at FreedomFest 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Libertarians believe in free markets, and the market for ...

The Legal Tender Cases

by David S. D'Amato July 1, 2016

In the December term of 1870, the Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of a statute authorizing the issuance of U.S. notes (or “greenbacks”) and making those notes “legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private.” That statute, the Legal Tender Act of 1862, was signed into law less than a year after the introduction of the nation’s ...

The Libertarian Angle: The Fed and the 2008 Housing Crash

by Future of Freedom Foundation June 21, 2016

FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling talk about the disastrous policies of the Federal Reserve. Go to the podcast.

The Libertarian Angle: Abolish the Fed (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation April 5, 2016

In this segment, Richard Ebeling and Jacob Hornberger discuss the why free trade is pragmatically a boon to civilization and ethically the only moral result when you allow people to live in freedom. Go to the podcast.

The Government Must Stop Printing Phony Money

by Richard M. Ebeling January 4, 2016

If advocates of freedom were to make up a list of New Year’s resolutions for 2016, one of the most important items should be ending government’s monopoly control over money. In a free society, people in the marketplace should decide what they wish to use as money, not the government. For more than two hundred years, practically all of even ...

Paper Money Versus The Gold Standard: An Explanation

by Richard M. Ebeling December 7, 2015

We are living in a time that can only be considered monetary chaos. The U.S. Federal Reserve has manipulated key interest rates down to practically zero for the last six years, and expanded the money supply in the banking system by $4 trillion dollars over that time. And with the true mentality of the monetary central planner, the Fed ...

The Forgotten Meaning of “Sound Money” (and Why It’s Coming Back)

by Guy Christopher December 1, 2015

We Americans no longer carry gold and silver money in our pockets and purses as our grandparents did during their lives. But we still carry the history, legacy, and spirit of those gold and silver coins in our language — with more meaning than you might imagine. “Sound money” has a clear message recognized for centuries around the world. It ...

Time to End Monetary Central Planning

by Richard M. Ebeling October 6, 2015

There is no way to describe current Federal Reserve policy other than as monetary confusion and misdirection. In a nutshell, Janet Yellen and the other members of the Fed’s Board of Governors have no idea what to do. Do they raise certain interest rates over which they have some direct influence? Do they keep them at their current rock ...

The Libertarian Angle – The Federal Reserve: Audit, Reform, or Abolish?

by Future of Freedom Foundation September 29, 2015

Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob and Richard discuss the merits of a free market in money and the pitfalls of centralized monetary planning. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.

Low Interest Rates Cannot Save a House of Cards

by Richard M. Ebeling September 24, 2015

When is the price of some marketable good or service at or near zero? When either the supply of it is so plentiful that virtually any demand, no matter how great, can be satisfied. Or when no matter how large or small the supply of it may be, ...

Austrian Economics, Monetary Freedom, and America’s Economic Roller Coaster

by Richard M. Ebeling September 16, 2015

For over a decade, now, the American economy has been on an economic rollercoaster, of an economic boom between 2003 and 2008, followed by a severe economic downturn, and with a historically slow and weak recovery starting in 2009 up to the present. Before the dramatic stock market decline of 2008-2009, many were the political and media pundits who were ...

The Libertarian Angle: What Ever Happened to Silver Coins?

by Future of Freedom Foundation September 15, 2015

Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob and Richard discuss monetary policy and the nature of money. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.