Banking: the shape of the debate
byShould banks be permitted to operate with a fractional reserve on demand deposits or should 100% reserves be a legal requirement? Should there be…
A brief guide to money and banking
byToday, we publish our brief guide to money and banking. The Guide comprises: Four charts showing how Baxendale and Evans’ measure of the money…
How To Destroy the British Banking System –- Regulatory Arbitrage via ‘Pig on Pork’ Derivatives.
byFinancial engineer Gordon Kerr explains how to destroy the British banking system through the use of derivatives which take advantage of the regulatory system,…
Gordon Kerr at the European Parliament
byThe following is the text of an address by Gordon Kerr, a Cobden Centre Advisory Board Member, to the Brussels Group at the European…
Imagine that the Crisis was a Shortage of Bread
byOne day in October 2008, the UK’s banks all collapsed. Perhaps it would be more accurate to date stamp the collapse one year earlier…
The kindness of geniuses
byI once saw an advertisement for a book that would apparently reveal the secret of making a profit in the foreign exchange markets. I…
Gordon Kerr briefing the Brussels Network at the European Parliament
byToday, Cobden Centre Advisory Board member Gordon Kerr will be briefing the Brussels Network at the European Parliament on reform of the monetary regime:…
Irving Fisher, 100% Money, 1935
byIrving Fisher’s “100% Money” is remarkable in the context of our present credit crunch. While The Cobden Centre pursues copyright permission to scan and…
Corrigan on central banking
bySean Corrigan digs up an anti-trust speech by Congressman Charles Lindbergh Senior, father of the famous aviator, who fires a broadside against the founders…
A Contrarian’s Dilemma
byThis article from Tocqueville Asset Management is a must to read for anyone interested in the role gold plays in the investment portfolio of…