Healthcare: High Prices and Few Kidneys by David Howden
From a moral point of view, the ban in the US on selling one’s organs is an outrage. If I do not have full ownership rights in my body parts, who does? If someone other than me does have ownership of...
View ArticleLegislating Banking Confusion through Conflicting Laws by David Howden
David Howden penned a concise explication of the manifest injustice of fractional reserve banking. ‘Depositors are told that they have access to their funds at all times (i.e., on demand), and that...
View ArticleBitcoin Bank Run by David Howden
“Bitcoin Bank Run” by David Howden. ‘Ever wonder what a digital bank run looks like? Nearly one million Mt. Gox users are finding out first hand. The Tokyo-based exchange, popular amongst currency...
View ArticleBitcoin Bank Run, Take 2 by David Howden
David Howden expands his explanation of the suspension of bitcoin redemption by Mt. Gox. ‘So to summarize my claim, I have accused Mt. Gox of holding an insufficient amount of bitcoin in its “vault” to...
View ArticleRequiem for a Bernank by David Howden
David Howden wrote a good summary of the disastrous tenure of the departed head of the US monetary central planning board. ‘Bernanke has been responsible for a 200% increase in the Fed’s holdings of...
View ArticleBitcoin Banking by David Howden
David Howden provides a preliminary post mortem of Mt. Gox. ‘A currency is only as safe as the bank that stores it. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the recent turmoil in the bitcoin community.‘...
View ArticleMt. Gox Problems Mount by David Howden
“Mt. Gox Problems Mount” is the fourth article in a series about Mt. Gox, bitcoin, and fractional reserve banking written by David Howden. Bitcoin Bank Run by David Howden Bitcoin Bank Run, Take 2 by...
View ArticleBrazil’s Slow Default by David Howden
As Howden notes in “Brazil’s Slow Default” nations always partially default via inflation. If a nation’s debt load becomes too large to manage via inflation, then explicit default follows. This has...
View ArticleThe Tom Woods Show: Episode 419 – Austrian Business Cycle Theory: Answering...
In this episode of The Tom Woods Show, Woods speaks with David Howden about Austrian Business Cycle Theory. As always, additional information is available at the show notes page.
View ArticleThe Tom Woods Show: Episode 540 – Left Attacks Rand Paul on His Fed Comments;...
In this episode of The Tom Woods Show, Woods talks with David Howden about a column, written by an ignorant journalist, praising the fed. Howden is one of the bright stars of contemporary Austrian...
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