Course curriculum

  • 1

    0: Introduction to Course

  • 2

    1: Historical Evidence Versus Free Banking Theories

    • The Case Against Financial De-Regulation

    • RG2: Free Market Critiques of Central Banks

    • RG3: Macro and Micro Monetary Management
  • 3

    2: History, Methodology, and Economic Theory

    • RG4: How Economics Forgot History

    • RG5: Evolution of Economic Systems
  • 4

    3: The Ideological Battle: Free Markets Versus Government

    • RG6: The Deceptive Case for Free Markets

    • RG7: Central Banks: Monopoly or Public Service

    • RG8: Bagehot’s Engaging Naiveté

    • RG9: Who Should Create Money?

  • 5

    4: Understanding the Nature and Importance of Narratives

    • RG10: Some Myths About Money

    • RG11 Three Mega-Events Which Shape Our Minds

    • RG12 Four Narratives About Central Banks
  • 6

    5: Clearing Houses: Functions and Importance

    • 5A: From Coffee Houses to Clearing-Houses

    • 5B: Bank Creation of Money + Liquidity and Solvency

    • 5C: Form ClearingHouses to Central Banks