Economists: UK economy cries out for credible rescue plan
Via an open letter in The Times: IT IS now clear that the UK economy entered the recession with a large structural budget deficit. As…
A day of reckoning: how to end the banking crisis now
Drawing on the work of Nobel Laureates in economics from three traditions, plus numerous other distinguished scholars, Cobden Centre Chairman, economist and successful entrepreneur…
Corrigan on central banking
Sean Corrigan digs up an anti-trust speech by Congressman Charles Lindbergh Senior, father of the famous aviator, who fires a broadside against the founders…
A Contrarian’s Dilemma
This article from Tocqueville Asset Management is a must to read for anyone interested in the role gold plays in the investment portfolio of…
Bastiat’s Iceberg: A Sean Corrigan Masterpiece for Christmas
Sean Corrigan of Diapason Commodities Management packs more sound applied economics into this report than ever: Toby Baxendale provides a commentary. This is a…
The Exodus of the Business Community
Here’s a sobering thought. If you are due to pay 50% income-tax in the new tax year, do not be fooled: it will come…
What is a “Red” Tory?
Out of nowhere, Phillip Blond has created a think tank which has hit the headlines all over the world: ResPublica. See here for example:…
Cllr Ian Parsley’s humorous take on the Pre Budget that never was
See http://ianjamesparsley.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/lies-damned-lies-and-spending-plans/
How long will it take to pay off the £1 trillion of National Debt?
Scanning the papers yesterday, yes there is focus on the Deficit and plans by both parties to reduce it. Skepticism that the Labour Party…
Material Evidence: the Texas Ratio
Sean Corrigan always introduces me to something I did not know. Learn about the “Texas Ratio” and think about how precarious this “great recovery”…