Monetary Conference in New York
The Committee on Monetary Research and Education met on October 16, 2008 at the Union League Club of New York. The surroundings lent historical background to the discussion. After decades of a sound monetary system, the Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase, introduced a national banking system in 1863 to try to shore up [...]
Larry White on Sound Money: An SMP Student Lecture Series
video On April 19th, 2010, Atlas’s Sound Money Project (SMP) sponsored a lecture by Lawrence H. White, in partnership with the GMU Economics Society, at the George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. This is in keeping with SMP’s goal to reach out to as many students and faculty as possible in its effort to promote [...]
Judy Shelton Keynotes TFI Conference on Sound Money
On April 9, 2010, Atlas held a Teach Freedom Initiative conference at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel in Philadelphia. The theme of the conference is “The Attack on Sound Money and Entrepreneurship: Threatening Liberty in America.” Judy Shelton, Atlas’s Senior Fellow, gave the luncheon keynote talk on “The Attack on Sound Money.” Learn more about [...]
Atlas Panel on Sound Money at APEE
The Association of Private Enterprise Education will hold its international conference on April 11-13, 2010 at the Caesars Palace Las Vegas in Las Vegas. The Sound Money Project at Atlas will be presenting a panel,“Visible and Invisible Hands in Money.” Panelists include: Edward Stringham (Trinity College), “The Natural Evolution of Gold-backed Monetary Notes” Marius Gustavson [...]
TFI Conference on Sound Money, Philadelphia, April 9th, 2010
Atlas will hold a Teach Freedom Initiative (TFI) half-day conference on the topic of sound money on April 9th, 2010, at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel in Philadelphia, before the Annual Philadelphia Society Meeting.The theme of the conference is “The Attack on Sound Money and Entrepreneurship: Threatening Liberty in America.” This mini-conference will begin with [...]
Announcing the Winners of the 2010 Atlas Sound Money Essay Contest
The Atlas Sound Money Project is proud to announce the winners of its 2010 Atlas Sound Money Essay Contest. We are grateful for the scores of carefully crafted, well-reasoned essays that we received from undergraduate and graduate students and young scholars from the think tank and policy communities. It has been gratifying to see so [...]
Sustaining America’s Global Influence Through Sound Money
Can America’s greatness be sustained in the absence of national solvency?, so asks Judy Shelton, Atlas’s Sound Money Project Senior Fellow, in today’s Wall Street Journal op-ed piece, “The United States: Debtor and Leader?.” Concerned that our fiscal irresponsibility is making us vulnerable on the world stage, she raises an alarm about America’s potential decline [...]
Deadline for the Sound Money Essay Contest is January 15th, 2010
The deadline for Atlas’s Sound Money Essay Contest, January 15th, 2010, is fast approaching, If you are a student, a young faculty, or a policy writer interested in the cause of sound money, here is an opportunity for you to articulate your ideas and win cash prizes. Prizes: The overall winner of the Essay Contest [...]
Introducing the Atlas Sound Money Project Website
The Atlas Sound Money Project is proud to announce the launch of its website (www.soundmoneyproject.org), a resource-filled site that intends to educate both the policy community and the general public about the principles of sound money. The issue of sound money is fundamental to the fiscal policy direction of our country. Equally important is the [...]
Contests Galore
It’s the holiday season and non profits around the world are getting in on the act of giving. Today I bring you three separate contests, in 3 regions : Don’t forget Atlas’s Sound Money Essay Contest, which awards up to $5000 to the student or professor with an excellent idea on the topic of money. [...]
“Do We Really Need a Central Bank?” — A Talk by Steve Horwitz
Professor Steve Horwitz, Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University, gave a talk entitled, “Do We Really Need a Central Bank?,” during a student lecture series sponsored by the GMU Economics Society, the Future Freedom Foundation, and the Atlas Sound Money Project. Atlas’s Sound Money fellows, Tom Duncan and John Robinson, both [...]
