Thinking inside the box – Chatham House on gold
Last week, Chatham House, formerly known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs and a non-profit, non-governmental institution in London whose “mission is to…
Detlev Schlichter
Detlev S. Schlichter is a writer and Austrian School economist. He had a 19-year career in financial markets as a derivatives trader and investment manager during which he worked for J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lynch and Western Asset Management. In 2009 he resigned from a senior position in the City of London to focus exclusively on his first book, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1118095758/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thecobcen-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=1118095758"><i>Paper Money Collapse – The Folly of Elastic Money and the Coming Monetary Breakdown</i></a>.
What is the correct size and proper function of the state?
This is a question that was posted to me by a journalist who has read my book and is following this website. He suggested…
ECB money injection not a reason for optimism
Are you feeling optimistic yet? Are you confident that policy-makers have things under control? – If so, you must believe that we can solve…
My big fat Greek bailout
Greece was bailed out for the second time in four months. Or did it default? Well, a bit of both, I guess. All bondholders…
An interview with The Real Asset Company
A recent three-part interview by Jan Skoyles of The Real Asset Company … Part one: Discussion of Paper Money Collapse Part two: Austrian economics…
There will be no end to ‘quantitative easing’
The Bank of England is expected today to announce another round of debt monetization, called ‘quantitative easing’. A majority of economists polled by Dow…
Aggregate nonsense
The economic policy debate is dominated by wishful thinking and fallacies of the most dangerous kind, propagated no less by the high and mighty…
Big Brother loves you!
“All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.” Benito Mussolini Those who have eyes to see and ears to hear…
Upcoming event: Monetary reform and the eurozone crisis
Just a quick heads-up for those of you who are in London this week: On Thursday, 26th January, I will speak at an event…
Deceits and delusions – some thoughts on the euro-crisis and democracy
Anybody with any knowledge of economics should feel uneasy at the sight of a country where half of recorded economic activity is conducted by…