In the past month, we’ve seen some of the largest bank failures since the Great Financial Crisis, with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) leading the way, followed by Signature Bank and […]
Tag: Financial Markets
Caitlin Long: Fighting for Economic Freedom (Video)
In this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand spoke with Caitlin Long, founder of Custodia, a financial institution anchored around bitcoin, sound money, and safe banking. They discuss the importance […]
Hayek and Bitcoin
The late economist FA Hayek had a great deal to say about private money, inflation, and indeed, about preserving individual freedoms against a tyrannical state. As we approach the 15th […]
ESG Investing: Today’s Virtue of Tomorrow’s Taboo?
Pundits have both praised and vilified Biden’s recent veto of House Joint Resolution 30, which dealt with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues in investing. In doing so, Biden diluted […]
Fed Raises Rate, But Signals Potential Pause in May
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) moved forward with an anticipated 25-basis-point increase in its federal funds rate target on Wednesday. It no longer, however, “anticipates that ongoing increases in […]
Bottle Rockets and Falling Skies: How SVB Crashed and Why It’s Not the End of the World
On an otherwise sleepy afternoon of Friday, March 10, 2023, we witnessed the second-largest bank collapse in US history. Around midday, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) […]
FDIC: No Savior Then or Now
If you think the US banking system has problems now, ninety years ago this month a new President shuttered the entire banking system for a week. Knock on wood that […]
Is it a LOLR? No, It’s a Trap
In the 1983 film Return of the Jedi, Admiral Ackbar turns to the officers on the bridge and says what everyone already knew: “It’s a trap!” It had seemed a […]
Words & Numbers: Peter C. Earle On The Death of Silicon Valley Bank
Peter C. Earle, AIER Research Faculty and former Wall Street trader, joins AIER Senior Editor James Harrigan and Antony Davies on the Words & Numbers podcast to talk about what […]
Understanding Inflationary Finance
Despite common assertions to the contrary, government spending does not necessarily cause inflation. Whether it does so depends on the willingness of the monetary authority to help finance the government […]