The case for banning gold mining

The Kalgoorlie Super Pit Mine in Australia Does the world need gold mining? Le…

Failed monetary technology

Archaic and ignored monetary technologies can be very interesting, especially w…

The evolution of the Federal Reserve's promises as recorded on their banknotes

Since they began to be produced in 1914, Federal Reserve notes have always had …

An example of tax-driven money during the greenback era

Cartoon from 1864 poking fun at politicians and greenbacks ( source and explana…

Chain splits under a Bitcoin monetary standard

The recent bitcoin chain split got me thinking again about bitcoin-as-money, sp…

The gold trick

Now that the U.S. debt ceiling season is upon us again, I've been wondering…