Financial regulation and the deception of government intervention
From Deception of Government Intervention (1964) – an essay in Mises’ anthology Economic Freedom and Interventionism – we learn how governments adopted “the third way”: Faced…
Welfare and the case for honest money
I do not doubt that the Government is sincere in its wish to make Britain “open for business” and to deliver greater life chances…
The Catholic church in the UK has come a long way from Salamanca
In October 2009, Toby and I attended the Ludwig von Mises Institute’s Supporters Summit in Salamanca, the birthplace of economic theory: One of the…
Detlev Schlichter: Don’t believe the hype! Why the ECB rate hike doesn’t mean anything.
Let us establish some principles first. Central banks do indeed pose a risk to economic stability but not because their monetary policy is constantly…
At the ASI: Mervyn King and narrow banking
Via Tom Clougherty at the Adam Smith Institute, Mervyn King and narrow banking: Ultimately, the problem with modern banks is that they do not operate…
Thought for the day: should we pay the BoE £9bn pa in interest?
In November, I asked this Parliamentary question: Steven Baker (Wycombe, Conservative) To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much debt interest has been paid…
News from Korea: Bank run fears engulf savings bank industry
With a hat tip to Sean Corrigan, via the Korea JoongAng Daily, we learn that their savings industry has been engulfed by a panic:…
A campaign for one day of peace
The Cobden Centre exists to promote social progress through honest money, free trade and peace. As you can see from those links, we have touched…
Business First Magazine
This article originally appeared on stevebaker.info. Business First Magazine has published a cover story by me and my Cobden Centre colleague Robert Sadler, It’s…
Huerta de Soto introduces Bagus’ book, The Tragedy of the Euro
The following is Jesús Huerta de Soto’s foreword to The Tragedy of the Euro by Philipp Bagus, a friend of The Cobden Centre. You can…