New Economic Perspectives
MMP Blog #17: Accounting for Real Versus Financial (or Nominal)
I had thought the distinction between real and financial (nominal) was clear—but obviously it was not.
MMP Blog #16: The Unusual Case of Euroland
The fundamental point to be made here is that the Euro arrangement was flawed from the beginning.
MMP Blog #15: Clearing and the Pyramid of Liabilities
This week we examine bank clearing and the notion of a “pyramid” of liabilities with the government’s own IOUs at the top of that pyramid.
MMP Blog #14: IOUs Denominated in the National Currency: Government and Private
This week we return to our analysis of the operation of today’s monetary system, examining the denomination of IOUs in the state money of account.
MMP Blog #13: Commodity Money Coins? Metalism vs. Nominalism, Part 2
This week, we examine coinage from Roman times to the present in Western society.