Moneyweek: Japan leads the way… through a minefield
Over at Moneyweek, Bill Bonner argues in a subscriber-only article that ersatz money is a flop. Bonner describes John Law‘s disastrous paper money scheme…
Hayek vs. Keynes
Via www.zerohedge.com and econstories.tv, the choice in economics explained through rap: Also Now it’s looking like V for victory over recession – Times Online
Can you trust politicians?
Via our friends at Instituto Bruno Leoni:
Remove the systemic risk, don’t levy against it
Via The Guardian, City minister campaigns to protect taxpayer from bank failures: City minister Lord Myners today stepped up the government’s campaign to ensure taxpayers…
The Colours of Money — An Introduction to Associative Economics
Via The Centre for Associative Economics, the next Colours of Money Seminar takes place in Stroud UK, on the first weekend of February 2010. From…
Banking: the shape of the debate
Should 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
Today, we publish our brief guide to money and banking. The Guide comprises: Four charts showing how Baxendale and Evans’ measure of the money…
Gordon Kerr briefing the Brussels Network at the European Parliament
Today, 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
Irving Fisher’s “100% Money” is remarkable in the context of our present credit crunch. While The Cobden Centre pursues copyright permission to scan and…
Martin Wolf: The eurozone’s next decade will be tough
Via FT.com, Martin Wolf explains that “The eurozone’s next decade will be tough”: The crisis in the eurozone’s periphery is not an accident: it…