The Case Against the “Free Bankers”

The Case Against the “Free Bankers”

From Audio Mises Wire by Mises Institute

April 29, 2026 · 11 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the failure of fractional reserve free banking as argued by Murray Rothbard.

Despite support from some economists in the free market camp, fractional reserve free banking is doomed for failure, as Murray Rothbard pointed out.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/case-against-free-bankers

Topics covered

  • free banking
  • fractional reserve
  • economics
  • Murray Rothbard
  • failure of banking systems

Keywords

  • free banking
  • fractional reserve
  • Murray Rothbard
  • economics
  • banking failure

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Organizations: Mises Institute

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