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Free Banking Theory and Theoreticians: A comment on Le Maux

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  • Hülsmann Jörg Guido

    (Université de l’Etat de New York à Buffalo & Ludwig von Mises Institute)

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Cette réaction est suscitée par l'article de Laurent Le Maux, récemment publié dans ce Journal. Le Maux affirme que Ludwig von Mises était le défenseur d'un système de réserves fractionnaires et un précurseur des économistes contemporains partisans des réserves fractionnaires (tels Dowd, Selgin, White). Nous critiquons la manière dont Le Maux utilise la littérature ancienne dans ce domaine, et nous montrons qu'il n'est pas suffisamment au fait des travaux de Mises et des problèmes qui divisent les défenseurs et les opposants du système de réserves fractionnaires. Les écrits de Ludwig von Mises fournissent la preuve accablante qu'il était, et il le disait lui-même, un économiste qui développait l'approche de la Currency School dans le domaine des problèmes bancaires.This paper takes issue with an article by Laurent Le Maux that recently appeared in this journal. Le Maux claims that Ludwig von Mises was an advocate of fractional-reserve banking and a precursor of presentday economists defending fractional reserves (e.g., Dowd, Selgin, White). We criticise Le Maux's treatment of previous literature in the field, and show that he is insufficiently acquainted with Mises' work and with the problems that divide advocates and opponents of fractional reserves. Ludwig von Mises' writings provide overwhelming evidence that he was, and saw himself as, an economist who developed the approach of the Currency School toward problems of banking.

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  • Hülsmann Jörg Guido, 2000. "Free Banking Theory and Theoreticians: A comment on Le Maux," Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, De Gruyter, vol. 10(1), pages 1-13, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:bpj:jeehcn:v:10:y:2000:i:1:n:5
    DOI: 10.2202/1145-6396.1164
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    1. Sergey Drobyshevsky & Elizaveta Khudko & Elena Velikova, 2010. "Prospects for International Financial Center in the Russian Federation," Research Paper Series, Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, issue 139P.

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