Bastiat – The State
byIn the course of things, I had cause to quote Bastiat: “The state is the great fiction by which everyone seeks to live at…
May, 2010
Cameron’s choice: 1945, 1931, 1815, or something new
byI recently discovered a very good article at prudentbear.com, published shortly before the general election. Martin Hutchinson considers “the three previous occasions on which…
Bloomberg: the past five years don’t make Keynes look good
byVia Anthony Evans, a refreshing piece of commentary by Amity Shlaes for Bloomberg: All hail Keynes. That’s the message in President Barack Obama’s decision…
Peter Boettke wins Adam Smith Award
byI am delighted to announce that Cobden Centre Advisory Board member Prof. Peter Boettke has been honoured with the prestigious Adam Smith Award. We…
Britain at the Crossroads
byWhile waiting for the politicians in the Westminster Village to decide who the next UK Prime Minister should be, readers of the Cobden Centre…
Steve Baker Elected as Conservative MP for Wycombe
byAs I write, there is still some constitutional confusion about whether Gordon Brown of the Labour Party will leave Downing Street, with some seats…
Material Evidence: Greece has been the very essence of Keynesian folly
byThe latest Material Evidence from Sean Corrigan: What seems to escape every one of these fatuous macromancers is that, for years now, Greece has…
Sterling gold price hits new high
byYou may have seen this story in The Telegraph, the other day, about gold hitting a new all-time high in sterling terms, hopping around…
Fresh hope for a referendum on Lisbon
byMatthew Elliott has highlighted a post by his TaxPayers’ Alliance colleague Lee Rotherham, who reports that After weeks of wrangling, it now transpires that…
Early Speculative Bubbles and Increases in the Supply of Money
byYou know you have crossed into the Austrian light when you wake up one morning and everything has become clear. From that point forward,…