Is There Such a Thing as Society?
The infamous “no such thing as society” interview given by Prime Minister Margret Thatcher to Women’s Own magazine, October 31, 1987: I think we…
The Error of Government Spending by Way of the Magic & Mythical Multiplier
One of the most persistent economic fallacies that permeates economics and politics is the notion that by government spending money, there will be more…
Can Government Create Wealth?
In this article, I argued that a useful measure of GDP needs to extract the government sector, as all it represents is a movement…
Strip out the government and Japanese GDP is going backwards
Our good friend of the Cobden Centre, Sean Corrigan, is a wealth of fresh economic insight. Here in this small piece, he shows us that,…
China’s empty city
Is an Austrian style boom followed by a bust just about to happen in China? See this video sent to us by Catlin Long,…
FT.com / Markets / Insight – Insight: Reclogging the US credit system
Via Reclogging the US credit system, Caitlin Long warns us that there is another impending credit fuelled bubble that is due to be created…
The Errors of Posen, New MPC Recruit
Norma Cohen in the Financial Times of 26 October 2009 wrote: Britain’s economy cannot recover unless its damaged banking system is restructured, the newest…
John Kay warns us of the negative effects of one class having economic privilege over others.
This article is a timely reminder that economic privilege, be it from bankers who can lawfully run their businesses whist making no provision for…
FT.com warns us of the impending commercial property bubble and its potential bursting!
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c4e12218-ced4-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.html Caitlin Long warns us that there is another impending credit fuelled bubble that is due to be created to accommodate the commercial property…
Cobden, Northern Ireland and the Conservative & Unionist Party Electoral Alliance
Background I have been a long term supporter of and donor to the Conservative Party for many years. From a young age, I have…