In the years immediately prior to the financial crisis, the doctrine of an independent Fed had achieved broad and unquestioned acceptance, especially within the economics profession. Under cover of this doctrine the Fed deployed unconventional monetary policies to vastly expand its balance sheet...

The financial crisis and the events leading up to it have sparked a remarkable renewal of interest in Austrian Business Cycle Theory (ABCT). Interest in the theory was reinforced by the fact that a number of economists and financial commentators associated with the modern Austrian school had...

This critical and thought-provoking book explores the causes and consequences of Europe's failed political and economic institutions. Europe's recession has created new challenges as market turmoil has shaken the foundations of the twin pillars of the new drive for European...

1. Introduction -- 2. Jesús Huerta de Soto and the School of Salamanca -- 3. The transfer of credit risk to the central bank under issuance of central bank digital currency central bank digital currency -- 4. Spontaneous Money: The Emergence of Lancashire Bills & Their Demise -- 5. An Academic...