The quiet resurgence of the goldbugs, those who want to peg the value of the U.S. dollar to the price of gold, is emblematic of the fact that some lawmakers do not understand how the monetary system ...

THE European money crisis only dramatized what many experts have long regarded as an unassailable dictum: the free world’s monetary system is overdue for an overhaul. That system—the internationally ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A few years ago I wrote a piece, for Public Discourse, called “Montesquieu and the Monetary System.” It discussed our having fiat ...

Discover how the European Monetary System (EMS) stabilized currencies and laid the groundwork for the euro, creating economic unity in Europe from 1979 onwards.

Trillions of dollars injected into the monetary system during periods of quantitative easing are now being seen in the stock and bond markets. Institutions and investors have a record $5.7 trillion in ...

This is an opinion editorial by Taimur Ahmad, a graduate student at Stanford University, focusing on energy, environmental policy and international politics. Author’s note: This is the first part of a ...

A fundamental question has recently been on my mind: What is money? While this might seem straightforward, especially to those in traditional finance, unpacking it reveals deeper questions about money ...

Martijn Jeroen van der Linden, Carlijn Kingma et Thomas Bollen a reçu des financements: Follow the Money, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie, Brave New ...