UK must not let ‘zombie’ banks drain the economy – Telegraph
Liam Halligan writing in the Telegraph: Japan didn’t stagnate in the 1990s because it refused to do QE and a massive fiscal expansion, or…
CentreRight: We’re all fiscal conservatives now?
Via CentreRight: We’re all fiscal conservatives now?: There is an enormous weight of expectation riding on George Osborne’s speech on Tuesday. But in the…
CentreRight: Manchesterism
Via CentreRight: Manchesterism, ConservativeHome explores the ideas shared by our inspiration, Richard Cobden: Most of us in the South associate “the North” politically as…
FT.com | Putting an end to financial crises
A second FT article discussing 100% reserves: T’was the year the country stood still. Not a car, truck, or bus rode the roads. No…
The Filter^: Debating QE with Stephanie Flanders
Cobden Centre Founding Fellow Dr. Anthony J. Evans debates QE with Stephanie Flanders. Indeed Stephanie and I agreed that this is completely unchartered territory…
FT.com / Martin Wolf – Why narrow banking alone is not the finance solution
FT columnist Martin Wolf considers narrow banking and 100% reserves. The FT has a new series on the future of investment. But what, I…
It is no time for Westminster to be squeamish over spending cuts – Telegraph
President of the Adam Smith Institute Madsen Pirie says, “It is no time to be squeamish”: The Government is trying to pitch the debate…
Pound Whacked After Mervyn King Admits : QE Isn’t Working – Guy Fawkes’ blog
Taking a line with which we closely identify, Guido writes Pound Whacked After Mervyn King Admits : QE Isn’t Working: The pound is getting whacked…
New Book Reveals the Total Cost of Gordon Brown’s mishandling of the economy as £3 TRILLION
Via the Taxpayers’ Alliance: That’s £50,000 for every man, woman and child in the UK In their new book Fleeced! Matthew Elliott, CEO of…
War in Afghanistan
Via The Guardian At first light last Friday, in the Chardarah district of Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan, the villagers gathered around the twisted wreckage…