Jörg Guido Hülsmann: The Ethics of Money Production
byIn these times of quantitative easing, where $600 billion dollars is slipped into existence in the middle of a dull paragraph, in a dull…
November, 2010
Huerta de Soto pays tribute to Hayek
byWe were pleased to see this thoughtful and enthusiastic write-up of Huerta de Soto’s Hayek lecture by Andreas Kuersten for the LSE student paper,…
Proof That the Banking System in its Present Format Cannot be Regulated
byConsider two points: Last Week Mervyn King said in a now famous speech in Manhattan that of all the banking systems it is possible…
Could the world go back to the gold standard?
byMartin Wolf asks “Could the world go back to the gold standard?” During any period of monetary disorder — the 1970s, for example, or…
Debt delusion indeed
byCan I steal from myself? Of course not. Further, I cannot hold too much of my own stolen property. My future plans to dispose…
What Austrian business cycle theory does and does not claim as true
byIn May I linked to an article I wrote over at the IEA blog: What Austrian business cycle theory does and does not claim…
Steve Baker MP: Honest Money and the Future of Banking
byAs promised earlier, here is the video of Steve Baker speaking at the Libertarian Alliance conference, held last weekend, as produced by Dr Sean…
CNBC: China to Hike Rates Again Soon?
byMy latest CNBC interview: The Chinese will have to “come back to the party again pretty soon” and raise interest rates in the face…
Eric Sprott: Gold and silver are money again
byEric Sprott is the Chairman and CEO of Sprott Asset Management, who has over 35 years of experience in the investment industry, with funds…
Cobden Centre Radio: Dr Richard Wellings on the Comprehensive Spending Review
byLast week, I interviewed Dr Richard Wellings for Cobden Centre Radio about George Osborne’s Comprehensive Spending Review, announced recently by the UK’s coalition government….