Baxendale and Evans make the SSRN top ten
byOn 26 August 2009, Baxendale and Evans’ paper Assessing UK Money Supply Measures in Light of the Credit Crunch made the top ten papers of…
Banking
Strip the Bank of England of its power | Jamie Whyte – Times Online
byWriting in The Times on 2 July 2009, Jamie Whyte called for the Bank of England to be stripped of its power to set…
Bailing out the Banks – Glaring Evidence of Moral Hazard
byGordon Kerr, a banker with expertise in derivatives and foreign exchange, explores the evidence of moral hazard in the bank bail outs. By rescuing…
Don’t just howl with rage. | Jonathan Freedland | The Guardian
byThe Guardian indicates the level of bonuses being paid by bailed-out banks and encourages the growth of credit unions. Here’s a figure to chew…
Economic Interventionism, Banks and the Crisis
bySteven Baker presents a precis of de Soto’s Money, Bank Credit and Economic Cycles pp650-653, setting out an argument which was famously expounded by…
British Attitudes to Banking
byWho owns the money in your current account? How much is on reserve? Loaned? Please take our survey: British Attitudes to Banking.
Sean Corrigan: “if banks simply had to comply with basic, everyday property and contractual law;”
bySean Corrigan, Chief Investment Strategist at Diapason Commodities Management, has kindly agreed to the reproduction of his briefing “Material Evidence” by the Cobden Centre….
Bank of England Increases Size of Asset Purchase Programme by £50 Billion
byAs the Bank of England announces more new money, we indicate counter arguments. Via Bank of England|Publications|News|2009|Bank of England Maintains Bank Rate at 0.5% and…
Financial reform in America: Wobbling | The Economist
byVia Financial reform in America: Wobbling | The Economist: “IN THESE efforts we seek a careful balance,” Barack Obama declared as he unveiled his…
FT.com / Capital Markets – Lehman Brothers set for landmark appeal
byVia FT.com / Capital Markets – Lehman Brothers set for landmark appeal: Lawyers for the Lehman Brothers US estate will appeal against a decision…