By looking at the macroeconomic frameworks and experiences of countries such as Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland, Restoring Sustainable Macroeconomic Policies in the U.S. presents a way for the United States to normalize fiscal and monetary policy in order to achieve sustainable debt in the post-COVID-19 era.
How Popular Misconceptions about Inflation, Prices, and Value Create Bad
Was inflation's recent spike exacerbated by corporate greed? Do rent controls really help the needy? Are U.S. health care prices set in a wild west marketplace? Do women get paid less than men for the same work, and pay more than men for the same products? The War on Prices is an eye-opening book that peels back the curtain on all these burning ......
The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuri
The dramatic inside story of the most important case in the history of sovereign debt law Unlike individuals or corporations that become insolvent, nations do not have access to bankruptcy protection from their creditors. When a country defaults on its debt, the international financial system is ill equipped to manage the crisis. Decisions by ......
The interdisciplinary chapters in this volume explore how the Austrian, Virginia, and Bloomington schools of political economy can help us to understand culture, sociality and morality.
The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy
A compelling examination of The Age of Google, data gathering and the true cost of ‘free’ services, the Google mindset and its impact on user security, and what lies ahead for Silicon Valley and the future of ‘cryptocosm’—the new architecture of the blockchain and its derivatives. Gilder covers the evils of the Google Age: porous Internet ......
Assessing the potential benefits and risks of a currency union. This book, by two leading experts on economics and Africa, makes a significant analytical contribution to the debates now under way about how Economic Community of West African States could achieve and manage its currency union, andthe ramifications for the African continent.
Reforming Government's Role in the Monetary System
50 years ago, an important volume, In Search of a Monetary Constitution, was published, focusing on the need for a monetary constitution-constraints on the creation of money by the government. Commemorating the volume's 50th anniversary, this title seeks to spark a new discussion of the vital issue of constitutional monetary reform.
Following the global financial crisis of 2008, China's major monetary policy objective is the internationalization of the renminbi, that is, to create an international role for its currency akin to the international role currently played by the US dollar. This book deals with this topic.
Once we paid for things with bills, coins, or checks. Today we pay with zeroes and ones -digital entries on credit and debit cards, or electronic messages sent over the Internet.