By making paper money legal tender, the government shut the door on sound money. Repealing legal tender laws is the first ...

This is an opinion editorial by Taimur Ahmad, a graduate student at Stanford University, focusing on energy, environmental policy and international politics. Author’s note: This is the first part of a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A few years ago I wrote a piece, for Public Discourse, called “Montesquieu and the Monetary System.” It discussed our having fiat ...

Why does your money lose value year after year? The debt-based monetary system is the answer. By creating money through loans ...

The financial system risks undermining global trade if it fails to adapt to the economy's needs, with developing countries ...

THE European money crisis only dramatized what many experts have long regarded as an unassailable dictum: the free world’s monetary system is overdue for an overhaul. That system—the internationally ...

It is an article of faith in mainstream economics that an economy cannot grow without a growing money supply. Yet, that is a ...

Crypto’s structural flaws make it an unsuitable basis for a monetary system, according to the Bank for International settlements (BIS). Instead, monetary systems could be built around central bank ...

Among the first objections that arise for anyone who has just learned about Bitcoin is “this is too complicated to understand.” And it’s true; private keys, block times, difficulty adjustments, UTXOs, ...

PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s reelection as the president of the United States in November 2024 has triggered broad unease over the future direction of the international monetary system, as it signaled ...

Good afternoon. I would like to thank Governor Jordan and the Swiss National Bank for co-hosting our High-Level Conference here in Zurich. Our discussions today—at the 10 th edition of this conference ...

Gold bars, 400 troy ounces or 28 lbs each, are displayed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) in Washington, DC. (Photo by PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Images) It’s hard to believe, but the ...