Robert Eisler: The Polymath Who Anticipated the Exchange Rate Between Bank Money and Currency that Could End the Lower Bound

Robert Eisler had his fingers in many pies. Notably for economists, he anticipated the exchange rate between bank money and paper currency that is one of our best shots for ending the lower bound on interest rates that gave us the Great Depression, the Great Recession and could easily give us another terrible recession soon. The podcast shown above weaves an interesting tapestry about Robert Eisler. I am one of those interviewed for it.

I have credited Robert Eisler many times. My main post about him is this:

Robert Eisler—Stable Money: The Remedy for the Economic World Crisis

I have collected links for what I have written on the modern version of Robert Eisler’s idea here:

How and Why to Eliminate the Zero Lower Bound: A Reader’s Guide