The violation of Mr Smith
byForty years ago today, Britain moved to decimal currency. A 1971 penny was worth the equivalent of today’s 10p. In recognition of this dramatic…
Banking
Business First Magazine
byThis article originally appeared on stevebaker.info. Business First Magazine has published a cover story by me and my Cobden Centre colleague Robert Sadler, It’s…
Liam Halligan: Bankers regain power as Davos summit ends with a big fudge
byThere is another excellent piece in today’s Sunday Telegraph, from Mr Liam Halligan, summarising the end game situation at the recent Davos power elite…
Prudent Savers to be the Biggest Losers – Mervyn King
byIn a speech last night in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne the head of the UK’s central bank continued on his admirable path of admitting that the banking…
Banking, Inflation and Recessions
byThe Adam Smith Institute has recently published videos of their Liberty Lectures, held at Cass Business School last August. The room was overflowing with…
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…
The terrain of the banking debate today
byVia Parliament’s Order of Business for Monday 29 November 2010, we see the terrain of the the banking debate today. Michael Meacher’s motion comes first,…
The Positive Money Conference
byThis post originally appeared on stevebaker.info. Today, Cobden Centre comrades and I are off to inject some Austrianism into the Positive Money conference. As you…
Honest Money at the Libertarian Alliance Conference 2010
byYesterday, I gave a talk at the Libertarian Alliance Conference 2010 entitled Honest Money and the Future of Banking. Please click the image below…
Cable’s anger is misdirected
byVince Cable’s recent attack on capitalism has predictably and deservedly generated a lot of comment. His remarks might have gone unreported in previous years,…