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Interview with Anthony de Jasay

Interview with Anthony de Jasay Is voting irrational? Main libertarian political theorist Anthony de Jasay solutions fifteen questions on subjects as various as capitalism, the social contract, the presumption of liberty, the median voter theorem, David Hume, and the public-goods…

The Dilemma of Bailouts

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The Dilemma of Bailouts Ever because the bailout of Continental Illinois Financial institution in 1984, financial institution bailouts have been an unpopular system invoked to guard the monetary system from dangers posed by troubled banks deemed “too massive to fail.”…

They Stumble Who Run Quick

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They Stumble Who Run Fast Roubini and Mihm’s Crisis Economics Nouriel Roubini and Stephen Mihm rightly castigate the Federal Reserve and different central banks for insurance policies that contributed to the latest worldwide housing increase and bust, however they critically underestimate…

The Tragedy of the Euro

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The Tragedy of the Euro Europe’s present sovereign-debt disaster was induced partially by a number of nations’ profiting from the common-property traits of the European Central Financial institution. As a result of the financial institution stood able to buy their…

The Icelandic and Irish Banking Crises

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The Icelandic and Irish Banking Crises Alternative Paths to a Credit-Induced Collapse Central banks set the stage for financial collapse through excessive credit expansion, but a lax monetary policy isn’t the only way that policymakers can foster a meltdown. As…

Fractional Reserves and Demand Deposits

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Fractional Reserves and Demand Deposits Historical Evidence from an Unregulated Banking System Would banks operating under laissez faire adopt a 100 percent reserve ratio or a fractional-reserve rule that would allow them to affect the money supply? The Chettiar banking…

We Are Not Macroprudentialists

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We Are Not Macroprudentialists A Skeptical View of Prudential Regulation to Deal with Systemic Externalities The 2008 financial crisis is widely touted as supporting the case for more bank regulation and taxation to deal with “systemic” risk. This claim, however,…