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Should Cash Be Abolished?

Frank Shostak on a Keynesian catastrophe.

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1/31/2017

How To Rein in Fractional-Reserve Banking

With an untrammeled market, says Frank Shostak.

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1/23/2017

Are We Headed for Another Bust?

Frank Shostak on the disturbing facts.

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1/6/2016

No Booms and Busts

With gold money. Article by Frank Shostak.

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12/11/2015

Some Emerging Markets Are Headed Off the Cliff

Are you in them? Frank Shostak explains.

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2/6/2014

Are Bitcoins Money?

No, and they can't be, says Frank Shostak.

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4/18/2013

The Bitcoin Money Myth

No, and they can't be, says Frank Shostak.

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4/18/2013

The Monetary Tsunami Is Coming

The monetary tsunami is coming, says Frank Shostak.

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9/2/2011

A Visible Fall in US Money M3 Worries Some Analysts

Frank Shostak on why Ambrose Evans-Pritchard is wrong about what this means, but not about the trouble ahead.

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6/2/2010

Is the US Economy Close to Hitting Bottom?

Nope, says Frank Shostak.

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7/25/2009

The Fed Might Have Painted Itself into a Corner

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6/13/2009

Can President Obama's Policies Heal the US Economy?

In fact, we'll need to sue him for malpractice.

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5/21/2009

Obama’s Stock Market Mini-Bubble

Frank Shostak on Obama's little bubble in common stocks.

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5/13/2009

Would Cleansing Banks’ Balance Sheets Kick-start the US Economy?

It can't work, except to make things worse.

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4/2/2009

The Fed Did It, and Greenspan Should Admit It

And Greenspan should admit it, says Frank Shostak.

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3/20/2009

Can Fiscal Stimulus Revive the US Economy?

Nope.

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1/23/2009

Why Congress Must Stop the Fed’s Massive Pumping

It can stop the Fed's massive pumping, says Frank Shostak.

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1/10/2009

Do We Need More of Keynes Now?

Frank Shostak on poison.

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11/1/2008

Good and Bad Credit

Frank Shostak on why the state must stop pushing its economic fictions.

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10/17/2008

Can the Rescue Plan Fix the US Economy?

Frank Shostak on why it won't work.

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9/23/2008