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Policy Report. November/December 2012.
Making the Transition to a New Gold Standard
Cato Journal. Spring/Summer 2012.
A Gold Standard with Free Banking Would Have Restrained the Boom and Bust
Cato Journal. Fall 2011.
The Rule of Law or the Rule of Central Bankers?
Cato Journal. Fall 2010.
Federal Reserve Policy and the Housing Bubble
Cato Journal. Winter 2009.
Policy Report. March/April 2008.
What Type of Inflation Target?
Cato Journal. Spring/Summer 2007.
Competition for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
Regulation. Fall 2004.
Currency Competition and Consumer-Driven Unification
Cato Journal. Spring/Summer 2003.
In What Respects Will the Information Age Make Central Banks Obsolete?
Cato Journal. Fall 2001.
Free Banking in Scotland: Reply to a Dissenting View
Cato Journal. Winter 1991.
What Kinds of Monetary Institutions Would a Free Market Deliver?
Cato Journal. Fall 1989.
Comments on Toward an International Commodity Standard?
Cato Journal. Fall 1988.
Comment on Inherent Instability in Banking: The Free Banking Experience
Cato Journal. Winter 1986.
Comment on International Debt, Bank Failures, and the Money Supply: The Thirties and the Eighties
Cato Journal. Spring/Summer 1984.
Competitive Money, Inside and Out
Cato Journal. Spring/Summer 1983.
