Why aren’t the banks lending?
byIt is notable that on a periodic basis, complaints are made in the press by concerned individuals, politicians, journalists etc. about the lack of…
June, 2011
GDP in the UK is growing at 0.1% annually, not 1.8%
byThis article was previously published at GoldMadeSimpleNews.com on May 25th, 2011. “There are lies, damn lies and then there are government statistics” Today we…
Greece should return to a gold standard
byFallacies and Misconceptions about the Greek Crisis One frequently gets the impression from reading the mainstream media that Greece has a monetary policy problem…
The Tragedy of the Euro – second edition
byIn the past, The Tragedy of the Euro could only bought in the U.S. This implied long shipping to Europe and high shipping costs….
Steve Baker MP: It’s time for flat taxes
byIn his latest article for ConservativeHome, Steve Baker highlights the economic benefits of low, flat taxes: Our austerity programme only deals with the deficit…
Global warming: the new Malthusian scare
byI was kindly sent a copy of Lord Lawson’s book “An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming”. When I was 16,…
QE2, markets and your strategic plan
byQE2, Markets and Your Strategic Plan The growth of money/credit during QE1 and QE2 had discernible effects on stock prices, credit spreads, commodity prices…
Farewell, QEII. Lusitania, ahoy!
byThere has been a great deal of misplaced commentary about how the presence of some $1.6 trillion in commercial banking deposits with the Fed…
The Anatomy of the New Politics
byThe Big Society – The Anatomy of the New Politics The University of Buckingham Press, 2010, Jessie Norman MP Occasionally a book comes along…
The inconvenient truth about sovereign debt
byThe efforts of our political leaders to socialize the fallout from the financial crisis by means of the balance sheets of the government and…