Topic: Currency

Venezuela: Out of gas, using dollars – and taking its first step to recover
Venezuela: Out of gas, using dollars – and taking its first step to recover December 27, 2017 Monica Showalter As Venezuelans adopt the use of the U.S. dollar over their own toilet paper money, they are giving the finger to Hugo Chávez's and Nicolás Maduro's hated socialist regime.  And they're buying their freedom.
A Recasting of Our Currency to Promote a ‘New’ History
A Recasting of Our Currency to Promote a ‘New’ History April 23, 2016 James Longstreet 7 new faces coming on our currency. Were the achievements of any of the six women remotely comparable to what the six men honored on our currency — Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, Jackson, President Grant and Ben Franklin — achieved?
China's Economic Bubble Is Bursting
China's Economic Bubble Is Bursting February 24, 2014 Chriss Street Economic central planning meets its match.
Ben Bernanke Reduced American Wealth By 14%
Ben Bernanke Reduced American Wealth By 14% December 20, 2013 Jon Decker In maintaining the value of the dollar, the Bernanke Fed has had about as much success as it did in lowering unemployment to pre-recession levels.
The Federal Reserve's Century of Failure
The Federal Reserve's Century of Failure December 18, 2013 Bruce Walker The Federal Reserve's hundredth birthday is coming up. Who will celebrate?
Bretton Woods: a Closer Look
Bretton Woods: a Closer Look November 9, 2013 Jon Decker At long last, the actual transcripts of the transformational Bretton Woods conference are seeing daylight.
Dangerous Times: Milton Friedman just won his euro bet
Dangerous Times: Milton Friedman just won his euro bet May 11, 2013 James Lewis Even as President Obama is following in Eurosocialist footsteps, the 14-year utopian experiment on a single currency is collapsing.
A Currency as Good as Gold
A Currency as Good as Gold December 31, 2012 Jon N. Hall Gold doesn't tarnish; it's immutable, permanent. In an ever-changing world where everything is fading, gold's permanence is attractive. But we wouldn't prize it if it were plentiful. America once based her currency on gold precisely because it is rare.
Dead Presidents and a Dying Economy
Dead Presidents and a Dying Economy October 6, 2012 Richard Telofski As it did on the day Kennedy was killed, American history changed the day George Washington became a "deader" dead president.