Biden Administration policies are likely to cause the price of energy and many other goods and services to increase. By Richard W. Rahn, Co-Founder of Metal Convertibility, MCon- Feb 2021 Will inflation increase, and if so, how will it affect you? The short answer is that many economists, including yours…

Stimulus checks coupled with government-induced shortages could lead to higher rates of inflation. By Richard W. Rahn, Co-Founder of Metal Convertibility, MCon- Jan 2021 The persistent myth is that government spending increases economic growth when, in fact, it slows growth beyond a certain point. The myth is based on an…

The Fed, the Administration and Congress Must Extinguish Excess Pandemic Money to Avoid Inflation By Richard W. Rahn, Co-Founder, Metal Convertibility, MCon- Jan 2021 Will inflation in the U.S. return in a big way? Inflation is a rise in the average price level, caused by an increase in the supply…

By John Tamny “In reality all economic activity outside the stationary state is speculation” — Ludwig von Mises, Socialism, p. 181–182 The upside-down world shaped by political panic over the virus perhaps unsurprisingly created winners and losers. Somewhat surprisingly given last March’s stock-market collapse in response to the rather sudden…

Metal Convertibility, MCon- Sept 2020 We sat down with Dr. Bart S. Fisher, MCon’s counsel and published author to discuss his recent co-authored book. Tell us about India Wakes and the inspiration for this book... I noticed that while there was a huge literature on the role of China vis…

by Richard Rahn, Founder, Metal Convertibility, MCon- Aug 2020 The world has been plagued by endless fluctuating exchange rates between countries and persistent and highly variable rates of inflation ever since the major countries of the world began to erode the gold standard over the course of the twentieth century…

by Alberto Gross, CEO, Metal Convertibility, MCon- Nov 2017 Throughout history, new technologies have come along that quite literally change everything. One of the earliest examples is the study of astronomy which, dovetailed with the practice of agriculture, made it possible for societies to establish themselves as sprawling civilizations and…

by Alberto Gross, CEO, Metal Convertibility, MCon- August 2020 Before the invention of computers, humans acted as their own computers. Through experience, a person absorbed information directly and converted that knowledge into valuable labor. The core theme of economics, even society itself, is the exchange of labor. As economies became…