Free Thoughts

George Selgin joins Aaron and Trevor for a discussion on money and banking in the United States.What is money? How did the government become so deeply ingrained in the production and supply of our money, and why? What is the Federal Reserve, and what does it actually do? What would the U. S. look like with a competitive currency system? And what about Bitcoin?Show Notes and Further ReadingGeorge Selgin, Good Money: Birmingham Button Makers, the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of Modern Coinage, 1775-1821 (book)George Selgin, The Rise and Fall of the Gold Standard in the United States (policy analysis)R. A. Radford, The Economic Organization of a P.O.W. Camp (article) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.