Austrian Economics: Past, Present and Future
Our friends at the Adam Smith Institute are hosting an event next week to launch Dr Eamonn Butler’s latest book, Austrian Economics: A Primer:…
Toby Baxendale
“Toby Baxendale is an entrepreneur who built up, amongst other things, the UK's largest fresh fish supplier to the Food Service sector, see <a href="http://www.directseafoods.co.uk/">www.directseafoods.co.uk</a>, and recently sold it. Toby is dedicated to furthering the teaching of the Austrian school of economics. He established and funded the 1st Distinguished Hayek Visiting Teaching Fellowship Program at the LSE in Honour of the Nobel Laureate F A Hayek. Toby is Chairman of The Cobden Centre. Richard Cobden's timeless principles of the abolition of legal privilege of the few at the expense of the many are worthy in this day and age to promote.
Support for Douglas Carswell’s forthcoming Bill to reform the banks
The news of Douglas Carswell’s upcoming Ten Minute Rule Bill is spreading like wildfire, and generating some real excitement. Nick Cowen at Civitas asks…
What is the Legal Relationship Between the Banker and his Customer?
In Parliament this Wednesday, there is a Ten Minute Rule Bill being introduced into Parliament by the inspirational and principled MP for Clacton, Douglas…
Spreading Hayek, Spurning Keynes
We’re delighted to see that the Wall Street Journal has published a profile piece on Cobden Centre Advisory Board member Prof. Peter J. Boettke:…
It’s official – the British government owes trillions
Another great article from the IEA, this time by Nick Silver: Earlier this year I published a report estimating British government debt at £4.8…
Two ways to promote wealth creation
In an article yesterday I defined the only lawful way I know to create wealth as follows: Wealth is only created when entrepreneurs make…
Halligan: West should concede on Doha
There was an excellent article from Liam Halligan in Sunday’s Telegraph: The stark underlying message from these WTO numbers is that the West’s inability…
Dangerous Defeatism?
Readers of this site will immediately realise that this recent article by Telegraph journalist Ambrose Evans-Pritchard is most confused. Much of our work aims…
IMF figures underscore need for drastic spending cuts
Today’s Telegraph reports The International Monetary Fund has warned that long-term fiscal reforms will be required among advanced economies as it projected the UK’s…
Goods, Scarce and Nonscarce
In the UK there is little if any discussion on Intellectual Property Law. I think it would be correct to say that it would…