Free Banking, the Balance Sheet and Contract Law Approach
byFor new readers to this site who are not aware of the debate that exists within the Austrian School, there are those who are…
Bank of England
More on Banking and the Barclays 2009 Results
bySome of my City friends who work in banking have had a look at the 2009 Barclays balance sheet and made comment on how…
Presbyterian Mutual Society and a Solution to Pay out all its Creditors and its Place in the Honest Money Movement
byA bank , building society that uses factional reserves, lends long and pays out short is only going to exist should confidence be kept…
Banksters on the Welfare State of Credit
byOur Corporate Affairs Director Steve Baker has posed this question to some of his fellow board members, “Would be great to nail this phenomenon…
Policy Exchange and the Near Consensus on the Merits of QE
byI went to this event today. “22/02/2010 – Ideas Space Quantitative Easing: Friend or Future Foe? The Bank of England entered unchartered territory in…
Darius Guppy is spot on about the bank credit creation process
byVia Darius Guppy: our world balances on a sea of debt What is needed is a root and branch re-evaluation of that most curious…
Alchemists of Loss, Prof. Kevin Dowd
byWe are delighted to announce a forthcoming book by Cobden Centre Senior Fellow Professor Kevin Dowd and US-based journalist and former investment banker Martin…
Banking: the shape of the debate
byShould banks be permitted to operate with a fractional reserve on demand deposits or should 100% reserves be a legal requirement? Should there be…
The Micropolitics of Free Market Money: a Proposal
byThis paper originally appeared as Economic Notes No. 39, published by the Libertarian Alliance in 1992. The Paper is available in full here. This…
Treasury rift with Bank deepens over secret loan – Times Online
byVia Treasury rift with Bank deepens over secret loan – Times Online: Relations between the Governor of the Bank of England and the Chancellor…