Robert P. Murphy: The Theory of Central Banking
Based heavily upon the brilliant Murray N. Rothbard book, The Mystery of Banking, Robert P. Murphy delivers an excellent lecture on the “theory” (such…
BBC: Britain’s Banks: Too Big to Save?
For those who may have missed it, the Cobden Centre’s very own Toby Baxendale and Gordon Kerr played key roles in a BBC documentary…
Cobden Centre Radio: The Iberian Situation
In a detailed 28-minute conversation, I spoke last night to Professor David Howden, Associate Professor of Economics at St. Louis University, in Madrid, about…
Richard W. Fisher: Monetary Policy Responsibility Cannot Substitute for Government Irresponsibility
Richard W. Fisher is President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and serves as a member of the Federal Open Market…
Liam Halligan: Why I believe Tim Congdon is on losing side of monetary easing argument
As a hardcore Rothbardian myself, I could quibble with one or two of the things that Mr Liam Halligan has written in his latest…
Fed’s Hoenig says gold standard “legitimate” system
I almost spilt my gin and tonic this evening when I read on Reuters that the current Kansas City Federal Reserve President Thomas Hoenig…
James Turk: The UK government’s borrowing and spending policy could trigger next major world financial crisis
With the UK government continuing to borrow and spend at record amounts — with British government debt increasing each month, where the man on…
Ben Davies: Gold, Defaults & A New Brady Bunch
Ben Davies, of Hinde Capital, discusses his latest 22-page report with Eric King, in the cogent and persuasive 18-minute interview below. Davies discusses how…
Howard Marks: All That Glitters
On this cold and snowy English Sunday, with many Cobden Centre readers tucked up for Christmas with possibly only one last difficult food shopping…
John Williams: The US is heading for hyperinflation
If you haven’t subscribed yet, one of the best podcasted programmes out there in ‘Austro-World’, is the Financial Sense Newshour, with Jim Puplava. With…