THE European money crisis only dramatized what many experts have long regarded as an unassailable dictum: the free world’s monetary system is overdue for an overhaul. That system—the internationally ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. James Broughel is an economist focused on the economics of regulation. With the recent passage of the GENIUS Act, the United ...

A few years ago I wrote a piece, for Public Discourse, called “Montesquieu and the Monetary System.” It discussed our having fiat money, non-gold-standard money, today, from the perspective of the ...

Earlier this month, I had the privilege of participating in the conversations held in the various lounges and side events connected to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, ...

2026 will likely be the year when we will start to see serious flaws, with the pure fiat global monetary system exposed. The root cause is the need for accommodating central bank policies in the face ...

An almost-forgotten 19th century episode shows that international cooperation can be essential for a stable global monetary system JOHANNES WIEGAND is an advisor in the IMF’s Strategy, Policy, and ...

For more than 80 years, the U.S. dollar has been central to the international financial system, in no small part because it is the primary global reserve currency. But as in politics, narratives are ...

In an interview with TheStreet Roundtable, Nevin Freeman said Monetarium is the second annual gathering organized by Confusion Capital and the Reserve ecosystem. Freeman explained that Monetarium ...