Money and Banking Reading List

For unsuspecting depositors of online financial start-ups, the unraveling of a little-known intermediary has separated them from their life

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.

Uber’s offering was supposed to be a crowning moment for the ride-hailing company. But it suffered setback after setback and ultimately resulted in pointed questions for all involved.

“Are you working in our interests? Or are you trying to screw me?”

A futures bet gone spectacularly wrong provoked a daylong crisis at one of the clearinghouses that are supposed to be global safeguards.

The opening of a canal in 1848 led to the birth of modern financial derivatives, and the early demise of some of the men who traded them

Nick Rowe points out that if a central bank wants to control the economy's price level, it needn't issue any actual money—it can just ...

John Rapley’s claim that economics has become a religion has kicked off another debate about the state of economics. For me, there seems to be a presumption here which both sides seem to share but which I don’t – or...

Do you know the true story of how a careless clerk, while burning up some outdated money, caused the Great Fire of 1834 which destroyed bot...

Moneylending has been taboo for most of human history. So how did usury stop being a sin and become respectable finance?

John's presentation at the 44th Economics Conference of the Austrian central bank (ONB).

In investing, as in physics, the insights of outstanding individuals and of crowds of experts are both valuable. But following any approach blindly leads to trouble.

Creative Planning is at the vanguard of a profound shift in finance — from firms peddling products for a fee toward independent, low-cost advice.

As banks pull back, automation should be welcomed