The rules laid down in Article 32 of the Protocol No. 18 on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank of the Maastricht Treaty will significantly redistribute European seignorage income and hence the implicit entitlement to the 352 billion Euro stock of...

The European Monetary Union will involve socialization of existing seigniorage wealth of national central banks. This socialization will create windfall gains for countries with relatively low monetary bases such as France and the United Kingdom and will be disadvantageous for countries like...

The European Monetary Union (EMU) will involve socialization of the existing seigniorage wealth of the national central banks because the Euro will have to be bought by these banks in exchange for assets which have been accumulated in the historical process of money creation. This socialization...

Seit einigen Jahren bereits taumelt Europa von einer Krise in die nächste. Allen Beschwichtigungen zum Trotz verlieren Deutschland und die europäischen Staaten des Nordens durch den Euro unaufhörlich Milliardenvermögen zugunsten überschuldeter Volkswirtschaften in Südeuropa. 2015 erlebte...

The European Monetary Union will involve socialization of existing seigniorage wealth of national central banks. This socialization will create windfall gains for countries with relatively low monetary bases such as France and the United Kingdom and will be disadvantageous for countries like...

While the ECB helped mitigate the euro crisis in the aftermath of Lehman, it has stretched its monetary mandate and moved into fiscal territory. This text describes and summarizes the crucial role played by the ECB in the intervention spiral resulting from its bid to manage the crisis. It also...