From: N
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2018 9:55 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Denationalization of Money’s confutation

Dear Professor Walter Block,

I’m writing to you because I’m looking for the best confutation available on the market of the Hayek’s monetary proposal exposed in his 1976 book “Denationalization of Money”.

I’ve read Rothbard’s beautiful https://mises.org/library/case-genuine-gold-dollar, and Hoppe’s https://mises.org/sites/default/files/rae7_2_3_3.pdf , but I’m wondering if there are some other articles that you consider just as much effective that I’m missing direct on Hayek’s theory of “ducats”.

Thank you very much for any of your advice.

My best regards,

N

Dear N:

I suggest this:

Rothbard, Murray N. 1983. The Mystery of Banking.  New York: Richardson and Snyder.

A presentation in form suitable for an elementary textbook of Rothbard’s views on money and banking. He argues for the pure gold standard and 100 % reserve banking.  Much historical material is presented. http://mises.org/daily/3116; http://mises.org/Books/mysteryofbanking.pdf

Also, go to the mises.org and search for “ducat” or Hayekian ducat.

Best regards,

Walter

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