Corrigan on Sweden and China
bySweden, that Democratic Socialist paradise that is the role model of all progressives, is compared to the UK, whose state sector is the same…
March, 2010
Over to you Mr Krugman!
byFunnily enough, Etatism doesn’t seem to enhance wealth creation or the production of enough tradeable goods to meet either the country’s direct needs, or…
Samizdata plugs TCC
byYesterday, TCC’s friend, Jonathan Pearce, wrote an interesting missive over at Samizdata.net. As well as being supportive of the TCC’s work (JP, thanks for the…
Why all Banks are Insolvent
byWhy Even the Best Banks are Insolvent and Inherently Dishonest We are told that Barclays is a good bank and it did well not…
Dinner with the former Prime Minister of Georgia
byLast week, Jamie Whyte, James Tyler, Tom Clougherty and I attended a dinner with numerous others at which the former Prime Minister of Georgia,…
Walter Allan R.I.P
byIt is with great sadness that I have learned in the last 24 hours that an old friend, Walter Allan, died last Friday. A…
More on Banking and the Barclays 2009 Results
bySome of my City friends who work in banking have had a look at the 2009 Barclays balance sheet and made comment on how…
A proud husband
byMy wife, Helen, is director of Nurses for Reform which is a campaign organisation that she set up back in 2006 to oppose the politicisation…
Austrian economics, meeting Lew Rockwell and having time with Ron Paul
byAs previously mentioned on this blog, TCC’s Chairman Toby Baxendale and I traveled to Jeykell Island in the US the weekend before last to…
The Crack-up Boom
byThis post is excerpted from Mises’ “The Causes of the Economic Crisis and Other Essays Before and After the Great Depression” which is available…