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 ...

If the next phase of digital money policy is to succeed, it must grapple with a simple truth: People do not experience money ...

In a recent interview with Soar Financially, prominent precious metals advocate Lawrence Lepard delivered a stark assessment of the global monetary system, asserting that it is on the brink of ...

The Green Party is issuing a cautionary statement regarding a proposal ostensibly to finance a just and sustainable transition. Three authors have proposed a financing scheme for a Green International ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Central banks should still be able to conduct monetary policy effectively and perhaps be even nimbler in a more decentralized financial system, according to the findings of a joint ...

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Why are central banks looking at blockchains? Central banks are tiptoeing into the world of blockchain not because it is fashionable but because every part of the money-making machine, from settlement ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. James Broughel is an economist focused on the economics of regulation. With the recent passage of the GENIUS Act, the United ...

Demand for stablecoins has risen significantly but the crypto assets shouldn’t be the mainstay of the future monetary system, a group representing the world’s top central banks said. Stablecoins, a ...

Arguments for monetary policy are that it controls inflation through a target interest rate; is quick and easy to implement; ...

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Over the years the responsibility of stabilization policy have increasingly been place on the shoulders of central banks. However, for central banks to deliver on this mandate their monetary policy ...