What do I like about Byzantine coinage? Most people probably admire the Byzantine solidus , a gold coin that maintained its weight and purit...

Cartoon from 1864 poking fun at politicians and greenbacks ( source and explanation ) During the greenback era, the Union government is...

While it somewhat lacked in structure, a good time was had by everyone in the live chat section of the big Warren Mosler vs Bob Murphy debat...

There is a century's old debate between metallists and chartalists on the origin of money. The metallist view is that the first spar...

Lord Keynes continues to squabble with the Austrians on the origins of money in two separate posts, one on Adam Smith and the other on Mise...

Lord Keynes at the Social Democracy blog has an interesting post on Carl Menger.called Menger on the Origin of Money . As I point out in m...