How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
byPeter Schiff’s new book is now available to pre-order with free delivery for less than £10, on Amazon.co.uk; it is due out on the…
Arden Partners — Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
byThe brilliant economist Ewen Stewart of Arden Partners sadly shows we are going the way of Greece, not Ireland: We call the UK the…
The Mystery of Banking
byIf What Has The Government Done To Our Money? is an hors d’oeuvre, then The Mystery of Banking is the main appetiser in our…
Material Evidence: UK Fiscal Folly
byCorrigan once again treats us to his analysis of the debt levels facing us here in the UK, how desperate it is, and what…
The Hole We’re In
byMy fellow trustee Steve Baker has just forwarded me this speech by Mark Littlewood, the new Director General of the IEA. I was inspired…
Bernanke on the Federal Reserve’s exit strategy
byFederal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has given testimony before the Committee on Financial Services of the U.S. House of Representatives. If you thought…
What Has The Government Done To Our Money?
byA few weeks ago, eagle-eyed readers of the Cobden Centre will have spotted that the doyen of the UK Hedge Fund industry, Hugh Hendry…
On the IMF’s bank tax proposals
byThe BBC reports that the IMF has unveiled its interim proposals on a new international tax on the financial sector, ahead of a meeting…
Material Evidence: The Crazy Parallel World of the Keynesians
bySean Corrigan reports on the crazy parallel world of Keynesian economics. The imposition of negative interest rates is one way to totally devastate the…
Laurence Kotlikoff’s “Jimmy Stewart is Dead”
byJimmy Stewart plays George Bailey who is cast as the “honest” and trustworthy banker in the classic Hollywood film, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Kotlikoff’s…