Gold bugs will be vindicated
byIn recent weeks, while the eurozone has suffered escalating levels of systemic stress in government bond markets and its banking system, the gold price…
May, 2012
Europe’s voters say ‘No’ to economic reality
by“Europe fights back against austerity” was how The Daily Telegraph headlined its weekend election coverage. Anti-austerity movements are gathering pace across Europe following political…
China crisis
by“A central power, as enlightened, as skilful as can be imagined, cannot by itself encompass all the details of the life of a great…
What is Money?
byThere exists a certain amount of confusion today about what money truly is, how it originated and who should produce it (the government or…
Our central bankers are intellectually bankrupt
byThe best article we’ve seen in the FT for a long time, courtesy of Ron Paul … The financial crisis has fully exposed the…
15 years of the MPC
byA brilliant video from our friends at SaveOurSavers, celebrating 15 years of the Monetary Policy Committee:
Brain Sematary
byThe debate over taxing the rich has reached new depth in the United States with a true man of letters entering the fray. Depth,…
From nuts to Paul Krugman
byAn excellent article from Amity Shlaes: Nut cases. That’s what they are. And if you take an interest in them, you are a nut…
The invisible red line
byIN THE BLUE CORNER… * Professor Paul Krugman belongs to a rather elite group of economists: those who have received the Nobel memorial prize….
How to debate Paul Krugman
byPaul Krugman is the high priest of Keynesianism and modern interventionism, of economic improvement through inflation and budget deficits. As such he is bête…