Birmingham Unleashed
byLord Adonis was one of the original founders of New Labour. He helped make that political party electable. He created the modern Academy program…
Politics
Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society”: A Free Market Critique
byThe following talk was delivered at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City on March 7, 2011, as a lecture in…
William J. H. Boetcker’s Ten Cannots
byIt has become fashionable for our politicians to give us lists and pledges about things they will do or will not do to improve…
Thought for the day: should we pay the BoE £9bn pa in interest?
byIn November, I asked this Parliamentary question: Steven Baker (Wycombe, Conservative) To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much debt interest has been paid…
Atlas Shrugged: Is Hollywood about to destroy a classic?
byA new film is to be released on the 15th of April: Atlas Shrugged Part 1: The book Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand details…
A campaign for one day of peace
byThe Cobden Centre exists to promote social progress through honest money, free trade and peace. As you can see from those links, we have touched…
Huerta de Soto introduces Bagus’ book, The Tragedy of the Euro
byThe 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…
Panel discussion held in Parliament on Britain’s Trillion Pound Horror Story
byOver on my own website, I introduce the research showing the true scale of Britain’s liabilities and report: As Chairman of the APPG on Economics,…
Despair and hope for monetary reform
byOn Saturday, I spoke again to set out the scale and scope of our financial and monetary mess and again, the audience welcomed the…
Carswell and Baker on bank reform
byYesterday, Douglas Carswell and I spoke in the Chamber during the backbench banking debate. From Douglas’ speech: Banking is undoubtedly corporatist. To put it…