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Open Letter To Ted Butler Of Butler Research

Keith WeinerPresident, Gold Standard Institute USA Oct 2, 2012

Dear Mr. Butler:

I read your article about silver manipulation at 24hgold.com.

I am responding as someone who wants free markets. I want to make one thing clear before I proceed. We have no free markets anywhere today. Without constant government intrusions into the markets, the paper [...]

Falling Interest Rates Destroy Capital

I have written other pieces on the topic of fractional reserve banking duration mismatch, which is when someone borrows short-term money to lend long-term and how falling interest rates actually encourages duration mismatch. Falling interest rates are a feature of our current monetary regime, so central that any look at a graph of 10-year Treasury [...]

A Gold Standard Stabilizes Interest Rates And Avoids Booms And Busts

Under a proper gold standard, the rate of interest is kept in a band that is not only narrow, but which is also stable over long periods of time. This is the principle virtue of the gold standard. It does not fix the level of prices, which would be neither possible [...]

Open Letter To Steve Keen, Who Says Stimulus Is Necessary

Dear Professor Keen:

I am a monetary scientist and a fan of some of your work. I admire the courage it took for you to call the Australian housing crisis as early as you did, and to make a bet that you would be right. But I came across this video, wherein you say:

“…when [...]

Keith Weiner To Head Gold Standard Institute USA

About our own Keith Weiner-this press release from The Gold Standard Institute:

Vienna, AUSTRIA and Scottsdale, AZ USA (April 15, 2012)—The Gold Standard Institute is pleased to announce that Keith Weiner will be establishing The Gold Standard Institute USA to promote the gold standard in this large and important market. The Gold Standard Institute USA [...]