The Federal Reserve: “A God That Has Failed”
Why does Wall Street keep recovering after recessions but the economy seemingly never does? The reason, as I document in my book, “The Scandal of Money: Why Wall Street Recovers…
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George Gilder
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George Gilder is a bestselling writer and author of, most recently, The 21st Century Case for Gold: A New Information Theory of Money.
The Government Can’t Print Its Way to Economic Growth
Trump baffles conservative elites: how with such a talented field of candidates we could we end up with an isolationist, big-government, trade-war nominee? But give the American people this much…
“The Scandal of Money” Interview
My book, The Scandal of Money: Why Wall Street Recovers But the Economy Never Does, launches today: The Fed creates money for the government and for the Fortune 500 corporations…
The Real Myth Lies With Gold Standard Critics
The real deep myth at the heart of criticism of the gold standard is that it’s value stems from its use as a commodity. The fact is that gold is valuable because…
Cruz Is Right About Gold
Ted Cruz grasped the nettle in the debate and explicitly upheld gold as the “ideal” monetary foundation. Perhaps he understands the scandal of money: that gold currency is now effectively illegal in the…
Fiorina Triumphs While Bush Makes the Case for Growth
Hey, don’t tell anyone, but Carly Fiorina is my new heart throb, breaking through the maginot lines of poll-driven mediocrity, where candidates carefully tell the audience what they already think,…
Greece and Gold
Megan McArdle, a smart journalist, is dead wrong in arguing that the moral of the Greek story is bad for gold. The reason for Greece’s troubles is the failure of the…
Ramesh is Wrong
My short book presents a new information theory of money. Only in passing did I cite Ramesh Ponnuru and National Review as influential representatives of a monetarist faith curiously shared with…
