Conservatives: Power to public sector workers
byIn an exciting development, the Conservatives have announced employee-owned cooperatives for the public sector: A Conservative government will give public sector workers a powerful…
How much is your pound or dollar actually worth since government has been in control of money?
byThe answer is that the US dollar has lost 98.17% of its purchasing power and the pound sterling 99.42% of its purchasing power. Well done…
Boris: The Greeks must be rueing the day they whacked the drachma
byBJ’s excellent article today rightly draws comparison between the bailout of Greece and the bailout of Northern Rock. He makes the excellent point that…
Alchemists of Loss, Prof. Kevin Dowd
byWe are delighted to announce a forthcoming book by Cobden Centre Senior Fellow Professor Kevin Dowd and US-based journalist and former investment banker Martin…
Economists: UK economy cries out for credible rescue plan
byVia an open letter in The Times: IT IS now clear that the UK economy entered the recession with a large structural budget deficit. As…
Global reach for honest money
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So it’s 28 million to Ron Paul and less than 6.5 to Karl Marx
byWhen I was a child in the 1960s and 70s who could have imagined something like this? Forget the mindboggling sophistication of the technology….
People of the World Unite!
byAs a liberal free trade internationalist and speaking personally, I have always been suspicious of the state paraphernalia that goes with increasingly endless attempts…
Philipp Bagus on the business cycle
byECONOMISTS IN THE TRADITION OF THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL have shown that one type of maturity mismatching can cause maladjustments and business cycles. When banks…
So, in late March I am speaking in Belgium
byHaving previously lived in Brussels between 2002 and 2005 I have long been aware of the wide range of radical liberals in Belgium. There…