The Sub-Prime Debacle – What Will Future Historians Say?
byLiam Halligan has kindly agreed to publication of the transcript of his address to the Cobden Centre/Libertarian Alliance dinner on 30 September 2009. INTRODUCTION…
Banking
FT.com / Martin Wolf – Why narrow banking alone is not the finance solution
byFT columnist Martin Wolf considers narrow banking and 100% reserves. The FT has a new series on the future of investment. But what, I…
Can the Manipulation of Interest Rates Create Wealth?
byThe Cobden Centre’s Chairman, Toby Baxendale, explores whether cheaper money will make for greater prosperity. You often hear politicians and economic commentators say that…
Gordon Brown, the Destroyer of our Economy
byThe Cobden Centre’s Chairman, Toby Baxendale, explores Gordon Brown’s total responsibility for the meltdown of the UK economy. It is said that the USA…
Don’t regulate banking – liberalise it
byWriting in the Guardian, Dr Anthony J Evans calls for liberalisation of banking. Barack Obama’s speech on Monday to Wall Street outlines an overhaul…
Moral Markets and Honest Money
byRevised and updated: reconciling our conflicting views of the market through consistent principle and morality. This post originally appeared on www.stevebaker.info. A Christian friend…
‘Footsie pushes above 5,000’ but it will not last
byUpdate: As the Footsie pushes above 5,000, we bring this post forwards and refer readers to Why is the FTSE going up? Hopes for a…
Lord Timon’s Purse
byIn Lord Timon’s Purse, Sean Corrigan explores the causes of the forty US banking failures of 2009 and sets out some of the basics…
Now it’s looking like V for victory over recession – Times Online
byResponding to an article in The Times, Steven Baker indicates the origins of our views on the economic situation and its causes, of our…
Recovery surprises leave markets floating on air – Times Online
byThe distinguished writer and economist for the Sunday Times, David Smith, on the 30th of August in this article wrote the following; Why have…