Money and the State
This post is taken from Mises, The Theory of Money and Credit (1934), chapter 4 Money and the State (PDF, HTML). Follow this link…
Dr Anthony J Evans: Blogging the Chancellors
You may have noticed that tonight will be a live debate between the three politicians vying to become Chancellor. It will be broadcast on Channel…
The Function of Money
This is the first in a series of articles taken from Mises, The Theory of Money and Credit (1934). Here, we introduce the function…
The tab from LEH/AIG so far?
Via Sean Corrigan and Toby Baxendale, “The tab from LEH/AIG so far? Around about $2 trillion if we look at trend US federal debt…
FT.com – We should not be saved from our stupidity
It is very hard to play the game of life – or of capitalism – when governments keep changing the rules. Which they do…
Corrigan: In Default of Sanity
Sean Corrigan introduces his article In Default of Sanity by quoting Plutarch, Pericles, Ch 9‐14: In the beginning… he tried to ingratiate himself with…
The Crack-up Boom
This post is excerpted from Mises’ “The Causes of the Economic Crisis and Other Essays Before and After the Great Depression” which is available…
The Fastest Growing Export of the Western Banking Industry is Fraud | zero hedge
Via James Tyler and zero hedge, The Fastest Growing Export of the Western Banking Industry is Fraud: Politicians and bankers would do well to head…
Ron Paul predicts a further crisis
Ron Paul shows that Austrian economics can be popular in the mainstream media and predicts a currency crisis.
Steve Baker speaks at the IEA on fiscal policy
On Tuesday, I spoke at the IEA’s The State of the Economy conference, participating in a panel discussion on Fiscal Policy and Government Expenditure…