Financial markets still don’t get it
byApologies if the title of this Schlichter-file sounds somewhat arrogant but after the events of the past three weeks I may perhaps be forgiven…
If it’s broke, don’t fix it!
byThe only part of the so-called national wealth that actually enters into the collective possessions of modern peoples is their national debt. Hence, as…
The letters of Richard Cobden
byWe are pleased to announce a special discount for Cobden Centre readers on The Letters of Richard Cobden from Oxford University Press: In four…
Kevin Dowd to speak at Adam Smith Institute
byKevin Dowd to speak at Adam Smith Institute On the evening of Monday 12th September 2011, TCC Senior Fellow, Professor Kevin Dowd, is giving…
TCC Senior Fellow in today’s Wall Street Journal Europe
byToday is the fortieth anniversary of US President Richard Nixon closing the gold window and bringing in for the first time in history a…
The curse of Babel
byA very old and well known story is told in Genesis 11. It is the story of the curse of Babel: Now the whole…
Nowhere to run
byJames Tyler’s recent comments about the negative Swiss interbank rates reminded me of a discussion I had with a private-client lawyer in London yesterday….
Stephan Kinsella goes from strength to strength
byBack in 1995, I came across this fabulous journal article written by Stephan Kinsella called Legislation and the Discovery of Law in a Free…
Apparently the BBC is having a bit of an Austrian boom
byAs I understand it, BBC Radio 4 bosses liked the recent Keynes versus Hayek debate so much that they are now planning to repeat…
Where is the US stock market heading?
byA report from America, previously published at Mises.org On Monday, August 8, the S&P 500 stock-price index fell 6.7 percent to close at 1,119.46….