What Has Government Done to Our Money?

Murray N. Rothbard

Summary

What Has Government Done to Our Money? was first published in 1962 as Money, free and unfree, and details the history of money, from early barter systems, to the gold standard, to present-day systems of paper money. Rothbard explains how money was originally developed, and why gold was chosen as the preferred commodity to use as money. The author also explains how the gold standard makes money a commodity, and how market forces create a stable economy. Rothbard shows that many European governments went bankrupt due to World War I and left the gold standard in order to try to solve their financial issues, which was not the right solution. He also argues that this strategy was partially responsible for World War II and led to economic problems throughout the world.

Available since: 10/19/2018.

Business & Economics

Other books that might interest you

The Selective Estate Agent - How...

Sam Ashdown

Are you an independent estate agent looking to grow but spending too much on marketing that does not work for you?
The Selective Estate Agent unveils the three marketing cornerstones that make up the Profit Pyramid™ – a tried and tested approach to attracting and converting high value homes. This practical audiobook is packed with strategies and tips for implementing this approach in your agency to increase profitability as quickly and cost-effectively as possible.
This audiobook will enable you to:
• Focus on what you really want your agency to do for you
• Gain the confidence to target and convert the homes you'd love to sell
• Discover simple steps you can take to achieve powerful and profitable results for your agency
• Use the right tools and resources to implement the Profit Pyramid™
• Create the agency you've always dreamed of

Show book

Your Work from Home Life -...

M.J. Fievre, Becca Anderson

Whatever your remote work circumstance, learn how to be productive at home with nuggets of hard-earned wisdom. From choosing the best colors for workspace productivity to starting a business, these remote work gurus offer everything needed for a smooth work-to-home transition.

Show book

Rebel Leadership - How to Thrive...

Larry Robertson

We are two decades into this new century, and now live in a world more uncertain than certain. In this new "abnormal," our ability to sustain far into the future, to realize our dreams and our potentialities, and to progress, depends on seeing leadership in a whole new way. Rebel leadership is that new way.There's a growing pattern of not just individual leaders, but entire cultures rebelling against old and ineffectual ways that have long defined what it means to lead. At the heart of rebel leadership is the emergence of five patterns seen in leading organizations across sectors. Together, these patterns outline a framework for how to successfully meet this turbulent new century and thrive. Rebel Leadership will not only reveal these patterns, but will teach the listener how to tap into the power of this framework and make it their own. More precisely, Rebel Leadership will teach listeners: what lies at the heart of success; how leadership is counterintuitively at its most powerful when it moves across individuals and cultures; that, inevitably, there is only one truly sustainable competitive advantage in uncertain times; where leaders can find the best source for lowering risk in a changing world; and why a long-term view has less to do with the long-term and far more to do with this moment than you'd ever imagine.

Show book

Real Resume Advice - A Hiring...

Paul Dakessian

"I went from ~5% to ~90% responses to my resume and literally had to slow down my job search so I could handle all the follow up" -Jacob D.
"Prior to Paul, I barely received any interest from all the job applications I submitted. Now, I have progress with Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, Walmart, Major League Baseball, and several government contract and consulting firms, to include one offer and pending results from several final round interviews. I can't recommend this enough" -Will M.
"Paul took my resume to the next level. I'm at Microsoft now and I'm thankful for all Paul's help and support" -Natalia P.
"Hi Paul hope all is well! Nov 1 I'll be starting a job as a Software Developer 2! Thanks for your help with my resume!" -Demeco B.
Have you lost hope with your job search? Tired of applying to jobs and having the black hole suck away yet another of your resumes?
Guess what? Your resume and process are broken!
However, It’s not your fault. You have received bad advice from good meaning people. Professors, military transitions, teachers, and others who have never really hired anyone, ever.
If you haven’t hired someone, you don’t know how a hiring manager thinks. That professor sure hasn’t.
And as someone who has hired hundreds of people, let me be the first to tell you that those people are going to have you waste months it not years of your life going nowhere with that garbage.
I know how frustrating it is to never hear back.
To apply and apply and start to despair, to lose hope.
But guess what? It doesn’t have to be this way.
To change your life you need to do something different than before. Something that will enable your dreams and bring you results, fast.
In this book I'll teach you step by step how to make a winning resume that will make recruiters and hiring managers eager to pickup the phone and call you.
Change your life, get the job of your dreams.

Show book

Play to Win the Game Called...

Larry Wilson

Subjects include the phenomenon of leadership; what makes a leader "authentic"?; examining your motives; and top reasons leaders fail.

Show book

Ghosts of Gold Mountain - The...

Gordon H. Chang

A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now.From across the sea, they came by the thousands, escaping war and poverty in southern China to seek their fortunes in America. Converging on the enormous western worksite of the Transcontinental Railroad, the migrants spent years dynamiting tunnels through the snow-packed cliffs of the Sierra Nevada and laying tracks across the burning Utah desert. Their sweat and blood fueled the ascent of an interlinked, industrial United States. But those of them who survived this perilous effort would suffer a different kind of death—a historical one, as they were pushed first to the margins of American life and then to the fringes of public memory.In this groundbreaking account, award-winning scholar Gordon H. Chang draws on unprecedented research to recover the Chinese railroad workers' stories and celebrate their role in remaking America. An invaluable correction of a great historical injustice, The Ghosts of Gold Mountain returns these "silent spikes" to their rightful place in our national saga.

Show book