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2/ MARAD committee reacted quite negatively to @CatoCMFA & @mercatus criticism of the Jones Act, proposing that all past & current members of these think tanks be charged with “treason” – which is punishable by death.

“The FDIC should charter industrial banks in line with its statutory mandate, allowing them to help bank the unbanked and increase the range of options to which consumers have access.” Allow @Walmart to bank the unbanked and offer fractional shares of their stock in store. ASAP.

I and @WilliamJLuther argue in Public Choice that central bank decisions should be evaluated on the basis of whether those decisions have adaptive value. Survivability and selection matter more than motivation. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-018-00633-9 @SoundMoneyProj @CatoCMFA

Join @SASFLiberty and @ccsindia for a 2 day conference on policy in times of #COVID19. Tyler Cowen of the Mercatus Center at @GeorgeMasonU will be speaking along with George Selgin from @CatoCMFA and David Kelley, from @TheAtlasSociety Register now

A new @CatoCMFA analysis by Robert Eisenbeis finds that CoCos, while potentially helpful to address over leverage, should not be a load-bearing feature of financial regulation. Instead "sliding scale" relief based on equity financing is preferable.

TWI #FinReg The importance of independence and rule-based policymaking at @federalreserve ; @CatoCMFA analysis of CoCos finds they're no substitute for comprehensive macropru reform; @InquiryWeai research on increased credit & hrs worked

@CatoCMFA ‘s Alternative Monetary University got off to a fine start last evening with a theorem by Randy Wright. Talks today by @GeorgeSelgin , me, @DavidBeckworth , @MoneyIllusion , and John Taylor @EconomicsOne

Is There Such a Thing as a Free-Market #Gold Standard? @CatoCMFA https://www.alt-m.org/2019/07/09/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-free-market-gold-standard/