Economists revolt over surprise recession data – Times Online
byVia The Times Online, we learn that many economists “revolt over surprise recession data”: Economists today cast doubt on official data showing that British gross domestic…
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Salamanca — day 2
byToby Baxendale and Steve Baker enjoyed a second fascinating day at the joint Ludwig von Mises Institute and Instituto Juan de Mariana conference in Salamanca,…
The Birthplace of Economic Theory: A Trip to Salamanca, Spain
byCobden Centre Chairman, Toby Baxendale, and Corporate Affairs Director, Steve Baker, are this week in Salamanca, Spain for the joint Ludwig von Mises Institute and Instituto…
Make Britain safer – pull our troops out of Afghanistan – Telegraph
byVia Make Britain safer – pull our troops out of Afghanistan – Telegraph, Jeff Randall argues that we should pull out of Afghanistan: Decent people…
The perils of cheap money – Telegraph Blogs
byVia The perils of cheap money – Telegraph Blogs, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard explains another danger of low interest rates: Here’s a little nugget from Germany….
The Government’s asset fire sale
byGordon Kerr explains the futility of the Government’s planned asset fire sale. The Government plans “a fire sale of assets worth £16 billion” to…
Projections Past and Future: Economic Imagination and the Financial Crisis 2007 – 2012
byVia Mercatus Center at George Mason University – Projections Past and Future: Economic Imagination and the Financial Crisis 2007 – 2012, a new working paper…
UK must not let ‘zombie’ banks drain the economy – Telegraph
byLiam Halligan writing in the Telegraph: Japan didn’t stagnate in the 1990s because it refused to do QE and a massive fiscal expansion, or…
Material Evidence – bonds and new money
bySean Corrigan’s Material Evidence: bond yields, new money, state borrowing and the difficulty of making sound business decisions in the present environment. Read the…
CentreRight: We’re all fiscal conservatives now?
byVia CentreRight: We’re all fiscal conservatives now?: There is an enormous weight of expectation riding on George Osborne’s speech on Tuesday. But in the…