Opinion/Monetary Policy

Hanke's View on Argentina

In a paper published earlier this month by Cato in their foreign policy series Professor Steve Hanke outlines his views on solutions for the crisis in Argentina. In 1991 Professor Hanke advised the then Argentine government on the establishment of the…

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Afghan central bank - little left but dollar bills

ARTICLE - A dingy bank vault in the center of this destitute, dust-smudged capital holds the foreign-currency reserves of Afghanistan: $90,000, much of it in single dollar bills. The cash, all that remains of Afghanistan's plundered treasury, was simply…

Economic Chaos - Who's killing Argentina's Peso?

ARTICLE - Until recently, stable money and sound banking were the two pillars of an otherwise weak Argentine republic. As Argentina confronts its fourth year of recession and finds itself bankrupt, many are now blaming its monetary regime, which…

Japan's fading economy

ARTICLE - Two years ago, at the height of the dot.com bubble, when there were already worries that the US boom would end in tears, it was argued that the world needed Japan to start growing again before the US stopped doing so. It didn't quite turn out…

Growing Greenspan role worries some

US - Alan Greenspan has been everywhere in guiding economic policy in the wake of the terrorist attacks - slashing interest rates, helping to get Wall Street running again, shaping the tax cuts being developed by Congress and evaluating which airlines…

Many Britons ignorant of Euro

ARTICLE - Captain Euro is the Euro's friendly-face, an animated character who, with his band of merry men and women, are here to educate people about Europe and its new currency.

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