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The Coming Fiat Money Cataclysm and the Case for Gold
Cato Journal. Spring/Summer 2012.
“Easy Money and the Decapitalization of America
Policy Report. January/February 2011.
U.S. Decapitalization, Easy Money, and Asset Price Cycles
Cato Journal. Fall 2011.
Moral Hazard and the Financial Crisis
Cato Journal. Winter 2009.
A Superfluous Petroleum Reserve
Regulation. Summer 2005.
The New Financial Order: Risk in the 21st Century by Robert J. Shiller
Cato Journal. Fall 2003.
Does Monetary Policy Have a Future?
Cato Journal. Fall 2001.
The Emergence of Fiat Money: A Reconsideration
Cato Journal. Winter 2001.
Does Asymmetric Information Justify Bank Capital Adequacy Regulation
Cato Journal. Spring/Summer 1999.
Monetary Policy in the 21st Century: An Impossible Task?
Cato Journal. Winter 1998.
A Rule to Stabilize the Price Level
Cato Journal. Spring/Summer 1995.
The Costs of Inflation and Disinflation
Cato Journal. Fall 1994.
Money and the Market: What Role for Government?
Cato Journal. Winter 1993.
The Rationale of Central Banking and the Free Banking by Vera C. Lutz
Cato Journal. Winter 1991.
Options Clauses and Bank Suspension
Cato Journal. Winter 1991.
Does Europe Need a Federal Reserve System?
Cato Journal. Fall 1990.
Automatic Stabilizing Mechanisms under Free Banking
Cato Journal. Winter 1988.