What Has Government Done to Our Money?
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"What Has Government Done to Our Money?" is an influential libertarian and Austrian School treatise by Murray Rothbard that critiques government control of money and advocates a return to sound, market-based monetary systems.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| What Has Government Done to Our Money? canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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economic treatise ⓘ libertarian work ⓘ |
| advocates |
market-based monetary systems
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sound money ⓘ |
| author | Murray Rothbard ⓘ |
| centralThesis |
government intervention distorts money and causes economic instability
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money should emerge from the market rather than be imposed by the state ⓘ |
| circulation | widely read in libertarian circles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
central banking monopoly
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fiat money ⓘ government inflationism ⓘ |
| format | non-fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
economics
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political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
anti-central bank
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anti-inflationist ⓘ pro-free market ⓘ |
| ideology | libertarianism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ludwig von Mises
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classical liberalism ⓘ |
| influenceOn | modern libertarian monetary debates ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | short treatise ⓘ |
| notableFor |
defense of the gold standard
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libertarian critique of central banking ⓘ popularizing Austrian monetary theory ⓘ |
| positionOnGovernmentRoleInMoney | critical of government control of money ⓘ |
| proposes |
gold-based monetary standard
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return to commodity money ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Man, Economy, and State
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The Mystery of Banking ⓘ |
| schoolOfThought |
Austrian School of economics
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surface form:
Austrian School
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| subject |
Austrian School of economics
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surface form:
Austrian School economics
central banking ⓘ free banking ⓘ gold standard ⓘ inflation ⓘ libertarianism ⓘ monetary economics ⓘ money ⓘ sound money ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers interested in economics
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libertarians ⓘ students of Austrian economics ⓘ |
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