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Hello all. This is my first post at the Mises Forum. In the last few month I've taken interest in Austrian economics. I'm just about fininshed with Robert Murphy's Lessons for the Young Economists . I've read Murphy's Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New...
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Whenever discussing the Great Depression, it is always argued that high interest rates imposed during the Great Depression (Specifically 1931) worsened the Depression because investment was curtailed. This of course seems to run contrary with what an Austrian would argue. There was obviously credit inflation...
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People say that rising prices are not as bad now because banks are not lending all the money. That makes sense, but they are still lending a ton, at least according to this graph. http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/TOTLL?cid=100 I am confused about why prices are not higher if there is still...
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I honestly could not believe my eyes when I read his post. I started to challenge him, and the converstation grew even more ridiculous. I have no idea how to respond anymore. I know what I want to say, I just can't say it right. Here is the conversation, with me and a poster who I will called "Keynes...
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I am just curious if the Fed's Primary Dealers make a profit (which I assume they do). If we are certain that they do, are there numbers available that explain exactly how much they make from this exclusivity? Obviously the Primary Dealers would be the first to beneft from newly created money, and...
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I tuned into Bob Brinker's AM show while doing my errands on Saturday and caught a spiel in which he denigrated the anti-central banking views of "a congressman," whom he refused to name but obviously meant Ron Paul, contending that monetary policy would revert to Congress in absence of...
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I would like some financial advice from some people that understand inflation and how it effects personal debt. I know that the intent of this forum is not for people just looking for financial advice, but I think that discussion in this area would be beneficial to more than just me. I am a recent college...
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Revealing graph of changes in the C.P.I. since the inception of the Federal Reserve System here.
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I've seen the charts which show how the Fed has pumped incredible amounts of money into the banks/economy/whatever. Given this, why are we not seeing price inflation? Is it because the banks are holding on to the money and not letting it all out? Additionally, assuming that the govt continues their...
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I just want to check if my understanding of the reserve requirement is accurate. When the Fed buys an asset from banks or government debt it creates however much money in the form of reserves. So the money supply should be potentially inflated by 10 times the Fed's purchase because of fractional...